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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

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(Mark One)

ýAnnual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015

¨Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File Number 000-02384

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INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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FLORIDA		59-0709342
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



ONE DAYTONA BOULEVARD, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA		32114
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (386) 254-2700

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock — $.01 par value		NASDAQ/National Market System

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:

Common Stock — $.10 par value

Class B Common Stock — $.01 par value

(Title of Class)

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES ý NO ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

YES ¨ NO ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES ý NO ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES ý NO ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer	ý		Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	q	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

YES ¨ NO ý

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant as of May 31, 2015 was $1,042,492,531.53 based upon the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market System on Thursday, May 31, 2015 and the assumption that all directors and executive officers of the Company, and their families, are affiliates.

At December 31, 2015, there were outstanding: No shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value per share, 26,712,242 shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, and 19,937,655 shares of Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The information required by Part III is to be incorporated by reference from the definitive information statement which involves the election of directors at our April 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and which is to be filed with the Commission not later than 120 days after November 30, 2015.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY INDICATED OR UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, “ISC,” “WE,” “OUR,” “COMPANY,” “US,” OR “INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY” MEAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORPORATION, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES.

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INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORPORATION

FORM 10-K

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2015

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	Page
PART I	3
ITEM 1. BUSINESS	3
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS	5
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS	9
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES	10
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	11
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	11
PART II	11
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES	11
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA	13
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	17
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	40
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA	41
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE	65
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	66
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION	66
PART III	66
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	66
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	67
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS	67
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE	67
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES	67
PART IV	67
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES	67
SIGNATURES	69

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

GENERAL

We are a leading owner of major motorsports entertainment facilities and promoter of motorsports themed entertainment activities in the United States. Our motorsports themed event operations consist principally of racing events at our major motorsports entertainment facilities. We currently own and/or operate 13 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities:


•	Daytona International Speedway® ("Daytona") in Florida;


•	Talladega Superspeedway® ("Talladega") in Alabama;


•	Michigan International Speedway® ("Michigan") in Michigan;


•	Auto Club Speedway of Southern California^SM ("Auto Club Speedway") in California;


•	Kansas Speedway® ("Kansas") in Kansas;


•	Richmond International Raceway® ("Richmond") in Virginia;


•	Darlington Raceway® ("Darlington") in South Carolina;


•	Chicagoland Speedway® ("Chicagoland") in Illinois;


•	Martinsville Speedway® ("Martinsville") in Virginia;


•	Phoenix International Raceway® ("Phoenix") in Arizona;


•	Homestead-Miami Speedway^SM ("Homestead") in Florida;


•	Watkins Glen International® ("Watkins Glen") in New York; and


•	Route 66 Raceway^SM ("Route 66") in Illinois.

In 2015, these motorsports entertainment facilities promoted well over 100 stock car, open wheel, sports car, truck, motorcycle and other racing events, including:


•	21 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (“NASCAR”) Sprint Cup Series events;


•	15 NASCAR Xfinity Series events;


•	9 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events;


•	2 International Motor Sports Association (“IMSA”) Weather Tech SportsCar Championship Series events including the premier sports car endurance event in the United States, the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA;


•	One National Hot Rod Association (“NHRA”) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event;


•	One IndyCar ("IndyCar") Series event; and


•	A number of other prestigious stock car, sports car, open wheel and motorcycle events.

Our business consists principally of promoting racing events at these major motorsports entertainment facilities, which, in total, currently have approximately 763,500 grandstand seats and 548 suites. We earn revenues and generate substantial cash flows primarily from admissions, television media rights fees, promotion and sponsorship fees, hospitality rentals (including luxury suites, chalets and the hospitality portion of club seating), advertising revenues, royalties from licenses of our trademarks, parking and camping, and track rentals. We own Americrown Service Corporation (“Americrown”), which provides catering, concessions and services at certain of our motorsports entertainment facilities. We also own and operate the Motor Racing Network, Inc. ("MRN") radio network, also doing business under the name “MRN Radio”, the nation’s largest independent motorsports radio network in terms of event programming. We also have an equity investment in a Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway that has generated substantial equity earnings and cash distributions to us since its opening in fiscal year 2012.

INCORPORATION

We were incorporated in 1953 under the laws of the State of Florida under the name “Bill France Racing, Inc.” and changed our name to “Daytona International Speedway Corporation” in 1957. With the groundbreaking for Talladega Superspeedway in 1968, we changed our name to “International Speedway Corporation.” Our principal executive offices are located at One Daytona Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, and our telephone number is (386) 254-2700. We maintain a website at http://www.internationalspeedwaycorporation.com/. The information on our website is not part of this report.

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OPERATIONS

The general nature of our business is a motorsports themed amusement enterprise, furnishing amusement to the public in the form of motorsports themed entertainment. Our motorsports themed event operations consist principally of racing events at our major motorsports entertainment facilities, which include providing catering, and food and beverage concessions at our motorsports entertainment facilities that host NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events except for catering, and food and beverage concessions at Chicagoland and Route 66 . Our other operations include MRN; our 50.0 percent equity investment in the joint venture Kansas Entertainment, LLC ("Kansas Entertainment"), which operates the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway; and certain other activities including souvenir merchandising operations. We derived approximately 88.8 percent of our 2015 revenues from NASCAR-sanctioned racing events at our wholly owned motorsports entertainment facilities. In addition to events sanctioned by NASCAR, in fiscal 2015, we promoted other stock car, sports car, open wheel, motorcycle and go-kart racing events.

Food, Beverage and Merchandise Operations

We conduct, either through operations of the particular facility or through our wholly owned subsidiary, Americrown, food and beverage concession operations and catering services, both in suites and chalets, for customers at each of our motorsports entertainment facilities with the exception of food and beverage concessions and catering services at Chicagoland and Route 66. In January 2015, the Company entered into a 10-year agreement with Fanatics Retail Group Concessions, Inc. ("Fanatics") for Fanatics to have exclusive retail merchandise rights for its track trademarks and certain other intellectual property at all ISC tracks (see Merchandising Operations in Future Trends In Operating Results of MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS).

Motor Racing Network, Inc.

Our wholly owned subsidiary, MRN, also does business under the name “MRN Radio”. While not a radio station, MRN creates motorsports-related programming content carried on radio stations around the country, as well as a national satellite radio service, Sirius XM Radio. MRN produces and syndicates to radio stations live coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series races and certain other races conducted at our motorsports entertainment facilities, as well as some races conducted at motorsports entertainment facilities we do not own. Sirius XM Radio also compensates MRN for the contemporaneous re-airing of race broadcasts and certain other production services. MRN produces and provides unique content to its website, http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/, and derives revenue from the sale of advertising on such website. Each motorsports entertainment facility has the ability to separately contract for the rights to radio broadcasts of NASCAR and certain other events held at its location. In addition, MRN provides production services for Sprint Vision, the trackside large screen video display units, at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event weekends that take place at our motorsports facilities, as well as at Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway. MRN also produces and syndicates daily and weekly NASCAR racing-themed programs. MRN derives revenue from the sale of national advertising contained in its syndicated programming, the sale of advertising and audio and video production services for Sprint Vision, as well as from rights fees paid by radio stations that broadcast the programming.

EQUITY INVESTMENT

Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway

We have a 50/50 partnership with Penn Hollywood Kansas Inc. (“Penn”), a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming Inc., which operates a Hollywood-themed and branded destination entertainment facility, overlooking turn two at Kansas. Penn is the managing member of Kansas Entertainment and is responsible for the operation of the casino.

Other Activities

From time to time, we use our motorsports entertainment facilities for testing for teams, driving schools, riding experiences, car shows, auto fairs, concerts, music festivals and settings for television commercials, print advertisements and motion pictures. We also rent “show cars” for promotional events.

Competition

We are among the largest owners of major motorsports themed entertainment facilities based on revenues, number of facilities owned and/or operated, number of motorsports themed events promoted and market capitalization. Racing events compete with other professional sports such as football, basketball, hockey and baseball, as well as other recreational events and activities. Our events also compete with other racing events sanctioned by various racing bodies such as NASCAR, the American Sportbike Racing Association — Championship Cup Series, United States Auto Club (“USAC”), Sports Car Club of America (“SCCA”), IMSA, IndyCar Series, Automobile Racing Club of America (“ARCA”) and others, many of which are often held on the same dates at separate motorsports entertainment facilities. We believe that the type and caliber of promoted racing

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events, facility location, sight lines, pricing, variety of motorsports themed amusement options and level of customer conveniences and amenities are the principal factors that distinguish competing motorsports entertainment facilities.

Employees

As of November 30, 2015 we had over 807 full-time employees. We also engage a significant number of temporary personnel to assist during periods of peak attendance at our events, some of whom are volunteers. None of our employees are represented by a labor union. We believe that we enjoy a good relationship with our employees.

Company Website Access and SEC Filings

The Company’s website may be accessed at http://www.internationalspeedwaycorporation.com/. Through a link on the Investor Relations portion of our internet website, you can access all of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). However, in the event that the website is inaccessible our filings are available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov/. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at its public reference facilities at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You can also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference facilities. You can also obtain information about us at the offices of the National Association of Securities Dealers, 1735 K St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Forward-looking statements

This report contains forward-looking statements. The documents incorporated into this report by reference may also contain forward-looking statements. You can identify a forward-looking statement by our use of the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “believe,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements include our statements regarding the timing of future events, our anticipated future operations and our anticipated future financial position and cash requirements.

We believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable. We do not know whether our expectations will ultimately prove correct.

In the section that follows below, in cautionary statements made elsewhere in this report, and in other filings we have made with the SEC, we list the important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our expectations. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors described below and other factors set forth in or incorporated by reference in this report.

These factors and cautionary statements apply to all future forward-looking statements we make. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. Do not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements or project any future results based on such statements or on present or prior earnings levels.

Additional information concerning these or other factors, which could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in our other SEC filings. Copies of those filings are available from us and/or the SEC.

Adverse changes in our relationships with NASCAR and other motorsports sanctioning bodies, or their sanctioning practices, could limit our future success

Our success has been, and is expected to remain, dependent on maintaining good working relationships with the organizations that sanction the races we promote at our facilities, particularly NASCAR. NASCAR-sanctioned races conducted at our wholly owned motorsports entertainment facilities accounted for approximately 88.8 percent of our total revenues in fiscal 2015. Previously, each NASCAR sanctioning agreement (and the accompanying media rights fees revenue) was awarded on an annual basis. In 2015, we entered into sanctioning agreements with five year terms with NASCAR Event Management, Inc. ("NEM"), an affiliate of NASCAR, for the promotion of our inventory of NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series events. NASCAR is not required to continue to enter into, renew or extend these five year sanctioning agreements with us to conduct any event. These agreements may be terminated by NASCAR due to a breach by us or should we be unable to comply with the terms thereof. Any adverse change in these sanctioning practices, or the economic structure of the NASCAR industry, could adversely impact our operations and revenue. Moreover, while we may pursue the possible development and/or acquisition of additional motorsports entertainment facilities in the future, we have no assurance that any sanctioning body, including NASCAR, will enter into sanctioning agreements with us to conduct races at any newly developed or acquired motorsports entertainment facilities. Failure to obtain a sanctioning agreement for a major NASCAR event could

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negatively affect us. Similarly, although NASCAR has in the past approved our requests for realignment of sanctioned events, NASCAR is not obligated to modify its race schedules to allow us to schedule our races more efficiently or profitably.

Changes to media rights revenues could adversely affect us

Domestic broadcast and certain ancillary media rights fees revenues derived from NASCAR's three national touring series -- the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series -- are an important component of our revenue and earnings stream and any adverse changes to such rights fees revenues could adversely impact our results.

Any material changes in the media industry that could lead to differences in historical practices or decreases in the term and/or financial value of future broadcast agreements, such as a significant decrease in subscriber fees or advertising revenues due to changing consumer habits, could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and financial results.

Changes, declines and delays in consumer and corporate spending as well as illiquid credit markets could adversely affect us

Our financial results depend significantly upon a number of factors relating to discretionary consumer and corporate spending, including economic conditions affecting disposable consumer income and corporate budgets such as:


•	Employment;


•	Business conditions;


•	Interest rates; and


•	Taxation rates.

These factors can impact both attendance at our events and advertising and marketing dollars available from the motorsports industry’s principal sponsors and potential sponsors. Economic and other lifestyle conditions such as illiquid consumer and business credit markets adversely affect consumer and corporate spending thereby impacting our revenue, profitability and financial results. Further, changes in consumer behavior such as deferred purchasing decisions and decreased spending budgets adversely impact our cash flow visibility and revenues. For example, the significant economic deterioration that began in fiscal 2008 and the Great Recession significantly impacted these areas of our business and our revenues and financial results.

Unavailability of credit on favorable terms can adversely impact our growth, development and capital spending plans. General economic conditions may be significantly and negatively impacted by global events such as terrorist attacks, prospects of war, or global economic uncertainty. A weakened economic and business climate, as well as consumer uncertainty and the loss of consumer confidence created by such a climate, could adversely affect our financial results. Finally, our financial results could also be adversely impacted by a widespread outbreak of a severe epidemiological crisis.

Delay, postponement or cancellation of major motorsports events because of weather could adversely affect us

We promote outdoor motorsports entertainment events. Weather conditions affect sales of, among other things, tickets, food, drinks and merchandise at these events. Poor weather conditions prior to an event, or even the forecast of poor weather conditions, could have a negative impact on us, particularly for walk-up ticket sales to events which are not sold out in advance. If an event scheduled for one of our facilities is delayed or postponed because of weather, we could incur increased expenses associated with conducting the rescheduled event, as well as possible decreased revenues from tickets, food, drinks and merchandise at the rescheduled event. Moreover, the forecast of poor weather conditions and/or the delay or postponement of an event due to weather conditions could have a negative impact on renewals for the following year. If such an event is canceled, we would incur the expenses associated with preparing to conduct the event as well as losing the revenues, including any live broadcast revenues, associated with the event.

If a canceled event is part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity or Camping World Truck series, in the year of cancellation we could experience a reduction in the amount of money we expect to receive from television revenues for all of our NASCAR-sanctioned events in the series that experienced the cancellation. This would occur if, as a result of the cancellation, and without regard to whether the canceled event was scheduled for one of our facilities, NASCAR experienced a reduction in television revenues greater than the amount scheduled to be paid to the promoter of the canceled event.

Terrorism and/or fear of violence or attacks at mass gatherings could adversely affect us

Acts of terrorism or violence at mass gatherings or sporting events such as the 2015 attacks in Paris, France, and any resulting public fears regarding attendance at sporting events or mass gatherings, could negatively impact attendance at our events and could increase our expenses related to insurance, security and other related matters.

In addition, the postponement or cancellation of major motorsports events due to terrorism or fear of terrorism (for example, the general postponement of all major sporting events in the United States following the September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks)

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could have an adverse impact on us. If an event scheduled for one of our facilities is delayed or postponed due to terrorism or fear of terrorism, we could incur increased expenses associated with conducting the rescheduled event, as well as possible decreased revenues from tickets, food, drinks and merchandise at the rescheduled event. If such an event is canceled, we would incur the expenses associated with preparing to conduct the event as well as losing the revenues, including any live broadcast revenues, associated with the event.

France Family Group control of NASCAR creates conflicts of interest

Members of the France Family Group own and control NASCAR. James C. France, our Chairman of the Board, and Lesa France Kennedy, our Vice Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, are both members of the France Family Group in addition to holding positions with NASCAR. Each of them, as well as our general counsel, spends part of his or her time on NASCAR’s business. Because of these relationships, even though all related party transactions are approved by our Audit Committee, certain potential conflicts of interest between us and NASCAR exist with respect to, among other things:


•	The terms of any sanctioning agreements that may be awarded to us by NASCAR;


•	The amount of time the employees mentioned above and certain of our other employees devote to NASCAR’s affairs; and


•	The amounts charged or paid to NASCAR for office rental, transportation costs, shared executives, administrative expenses and similar items.

France Family Group members, together, beneficially own approximately 39.0 percent of our capital stock and control over 72.0 percent of the combined voting power of both classes of our common stock. Historically members of the France Family Group have voted their shares of common stock in the same manner. Accordingly, they can (without the approval of our other shareholders) elect our entire Board of Directors and determine the outcome of various matters submitted to shareholders for approval, including fundamental corporate transactions and have done so in the past. If holders of class B common stock other than the France Family Group elect to convert their beneficially owned shares of class B common stock into shares of class A common stock and members of the France Family Group do not convert their shares, the relative voting power of the France Family Group will increase. Voting control by the France Family Group may discourage certain types of transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of us, including transactions in which the holders of class A common stock might receive a premium for their shares over prevailing market prices.

Our success depends on the availability and performance of key personnel

Our continued success depends upon the availability and performance of our senior management team, which possesses unique and extensive industry knowledge and experience. Our inability to retain and attract key employees in the future, could have a negative effect on our operations and business plans.

Our capital allocation plan may not achieve anticipated results

Enhancing the live event experience for our guests by investing in our major motorsports facilities is a critical strategy for our growth, and our Board of Directors has endorsed a capital allocation plan for fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2017 related to this strategy, which includes DAYTONA Rising. This plan involves significant challenges and risks including that the projects do not advance our business strategy or that we do not realize a satisfactory return on our investment. It may take longer than expected to realize the full benefits from these projects, such as increased revenue, or the benefits may ultimately be smaller than anticipated or may not be realized. These events could harm our operating results or financial condition.

Future impairment or loss on disposal of goodwill and other intangible assets or long-lived assets by us or our equity investments and joint ventures could adversely affect our financial results

Our consolidated balance sheets include significant amounts of goodwill and other intangible assets and long-lived assets which could be subject to impairment or loss on retirement. During the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015 we recorded before-tax charges as losses on retirements of long-lived assets primarily attributable to the removal of certain other long-lived assets located at our motorsports facilities totaling approximately $16.6 million, $10.1 million and $16.0 million, respectively.

As of November 30, 2015, goodwill and other intangible assets and property and equipment accounts for approximately $1.7 billion, or 82.3 percent of our total assets. We account for our goodwill and other intangible assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, “Intangibles — Goodwill and Other”, and for our long-lived assets in accordance with ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment.” Both ASC 350 and 360 require testing goodwill and other intangible assets and long-lived assets for impairment based on assumptions regarding our future business outlook. While we continue to review and analyze many factors that can impact our business prospects in the future, our analyses are subjective and are based on conditions existing at and trends leading up to the time the assumptions are made. Actual results could differ

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materially from these assumptions. Our judgments with regard to our future business prospects could impact whether or not an impairment is deemed to have occurred, as well as the timing of the recognition of such an impairment charge. If future testing for impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets or long-lived assets results in a reduction in their carrying value, we will be required to take the amount of the reduction in such goodwill and other intangible assets or long-lived assets as a non-cash charge against operating income, which would also reduce shareholders’ equity.

In addition, our growth strategy includes investing in certain joint venture opportunities. In these equity investments we exert significant influence on the investee but do not have effective control over the investee. These equity investments add an additional element of risk where they may not advance our business strategy or that we do not realize a satisfactory return on our investment. It may take longer than expected to realize the full benefits from these equity investments, or the benefits may ultimately be smaller than anticipated or may not be realized. These events could harm our operating results or financial condition. Our equity investments total approximately $103.2 million at November 30, 2015.

Personal injuries to spectators and participants could adversely affect financial results

Motorsports can be dangerous to participants and spectators. We maintain insurance policies that provide coverage within limits that we believe should generally be sufficient to protect us from a large financial loss due to liability for personal injuries sustained by persons on our property in the ordinary course of our business. There can be no assurance, however, that the insurance will be adequate or available at all times and in all circumstances. Our financial condition and results of operations could be affected negatively to the extent claims and expenses in connection with these injuries are greater than insurance recoveries or if insurance coverage for these exposures becomes unavailable or prohibitively expensive.

In addition, sanctioning bodies could impose more stringent rules and regulations for safety, security and operational activities. Such regulations include, for example, the improvements and additions of energy absorbing retaining walls at our facilities, which have increased our capital expenditures, and increased safety and security procedures, which have increased our operational expenses.

We operate in a highly competitive environment

As an entertainment company, our racing events face competition from other spectator-oriented sporting events and other leisure, entertainment and recreational activities, including professional football, basketball, hockey and baseball. As a result, our revenues are affected by the general popularity of motorsports, the availability of alternative forms of recreation and changing consumer preferences and habits, including how consumers consume entertainment. Our racing events also compete with other racing events sanctioned by various racing bodies such as NASCAR, USAC, NHRA, SCCA, IMSA, ARCA and others. Many sports and entertainment businesses have resources that exceed ours.

We are subject to changing governmental regulations and legal standards that could increase our expenses

While we believe that our operations are in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local environmental, laws and regulations, if it is determined that damage to persons or property or contamination of the environment has been caused or exacerbated by the operation or conduct of our business or by pollutants, substances, contaminants or wastes used, generated or disposed of by us, or if pollutants, substances, contaminants or wastes are found on property currently or previously owned or operated by us, we may be held liable for such damage and may be required to pay the cost of investigation and/or remediation of such contamination or any related damage. The amount of such liability as to which we are self-insured could be material.

State and local laws relating to the protection of the environment also can include noise abatement laws that may be applicable to our racing events.

Our existing facilities continue to be used in situations where the standards for new facilities to comply with certain laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, are constantly evolving. Changes in the provisions or application of federal, state or local environmental, land use or other laws, regulations or requirements to our facilities or operations, or the discovery of previously unknown conditions, also could require us to make additional material expenditures to remediate or attain compliance.

Regulations governing the use and development of real estate may prevent us from advancing certain of our business strategies, such as real estate development, and could also substantially delay, complicate and/or increase the costs related to the process of improving existing facilities.

Our business is subject to, and regulated by certain federal, state and foreign privacy and data protection laws and regulations. Changes in regulations or regulatory activity related to the acquisition, storage and subsequent use of customer information and data may prevent us from advancing certain of our business strategies or can increase the costs necessary to comply with such regulations

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If we do not maintain the security of customer-related information, we could damage our reputation with customers, incur substantial additional costs and become subject to litigation

In the ordinary course of our business, we collect and store certain personal information in digital form, including but not limited to name, address and payment account information from individuals, such as our customers, employees and business partners. We also process customer payment card transactions. In addition, our on-line operations depend upon the secure transmission of confidential, personal and payment account information over public networks, including information permitting cashless payments. We limit the amount of payment information by using “tokens” which is an industry best practice that does not require the credit card number to be stored. Significant resources are dedicated both internally and with external experts to help us manage information security, network security, data encryption, and other security practices to protect our systems and data, but these security measures cannot provide absolute security. As with all companies, these security measures are costly, require ongoing monitoring and rapid change due to technology advances, and are subject to third-party security breaches, cyber terrorism, employee error or malfeasance, intrusion or other unanticipated situations. Such a compromise of our information systems that results in personal or payment network information being obtained by unauthorized persons could adversely affect our reputation with our customers, the credit card brands (such as VISA, MasterCard and American Express) and others. Such a compromise could also adversely affect our operations, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and could result in litigation against us, the imposition of penalties, restrictions or other requirements by regulatory bodies or the credit card brands. In addition, a security systems breach could require that we expend significant additional resources related to our information security systems and could result in a disruption of our operations, particularly our sales operations. While we maintain cyber liability insurance, not all losses would be covered by such insurance. Further, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain such insurance at commercially reasonable rates.

Our quarterly results are subject to seasonality and variability

We derive most of our income from a limited number of NASCAR-sanctioned races. As a result, our business has been, and is expected to remain, highly seasonal based on the timing of major racing events. Future schedule changes as determined by NASCAR or other sanctioning bodies, as well as the acquisition of additional, or divestiture of existing, motorsports entertainment facilities could impact the timing of our major events in comparison to prior or future periods.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Motorsports Entertainment Facilities

The following table sets forth current information relating to each of our motorsports entertainment facilities as of November 30, 2015:



		2015 YEAR END CAPACITY		NASCAR SPRINT CUP EVENTS	OTHER MAJOR EVENTS(1)		MARKETS SERVED	MEDIA MARKET RANK
TRACK NAME	LOCATION	SEATS	SUITES	NASCAR SPRINT CUP EVENTS	OTHER MAJOR EVENTS(1)		MARKETS SERVED	MEDIA MARKET RANK
Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	101,000	124	4	6		Orlando/Central Florida	19
Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, Alabama	78,000	30	2	3		Atlanta/ Birmingham	9/45
Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	71,000	46	2	3		Detroit	13
Auto Club Speedway of Southern California	Fontana, California	68,000	80	1	2		Los Angeles	2
Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	64,000	56	2	3		Kansas City	33
Richmond International Raceway	Richmond, Virginia	59,000	40	2	2		Washington D.C.	7
Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	58,000	13	1	2		Columbia	78
Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, Illinois	55,500	24	1	4		Chicago	3
Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, Virginia	55,000	20	2	2		Greensboro/High Point	46
Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	51,000	45	2	3		Phoenix	12
Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	46,000	66	1	5		Miami	16
Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	33,000	4	1	3		Buffalo/Rochester	53/76
Route 66 Raceway	Joliet, Illinois	24,000	n/a	—	1	(2)	Chicago	3


(1)	Other major events include NASCAR Xfinity and Camping World Truck series; ARCA; IMSA; IndyCar; and, AMA Pro Racing.


(2)	Route 66's other major event includes an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event,

DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY. Daytona is a 2.5 mile high-banked, lighted, asphalt, tri-oval superspeedway that also includes a 3.6-mile road course. We lease the land on which Daytona International Speedway is located from the City of Daytona Beach. The lease on the property expires in 2054, including renewal options. The facility is situated on 440 acres and is located in Daytona Beach, Florida.

TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY. Talladega is a 2.7 mile high-banked, asphalt, tri-oval superspeedway with a 1.3-mile infield road course. The facility is situated on 1,435 acres and is located about 100 miles from Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 50 miles from Birmingham, Alabama.

MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY. Michigan is a 2.0 mile moderately-banked, asphalt, tri-oval superspeedway. The facility is situated on 1,180 acres and is located in Brooklyn, Michigan, approximately 70 miles southwest of Detroit.

AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Auto Club Speedway is a 2.0 mile moderately-banked, lighted, asphalt, tri-oval superspeedway. The facility is situated on 566 acres and is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles in Fontana, California. The facility also includes a quarter mile drag strip and a 2.8-mile road course.

KANSAS SPEEDWAY. Kansas is a 1.5 mile variable-degree banked, asphalt, tri-oval superspeedway with a 0.9-mile infield road course. The facility is situated on 1,000 acres and is located in Kansas City, Kansas. Overlooking turn two of Kansas is a Hollywood-themed and branded destination entertainment facility (see Equity Investments).

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RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. Richmond is a 0.8 mile moderately-banked, lighted, asphalt, oval, intermediate speedway. The facility is situated on 635 acres and is located approximately 10 miles from downtown Richmond, Virginia.

DARLINGTON RACEWAY. Darlington is a 1.3 mile high-banked, lighted, asphalt, egg-shaped superspeedway. The facility is situated on 230 acres and is located in Darlington, South Carolina.

CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY. Chicagoland is a 1.5 mile moderately-banked, lighted, asphalt, tri-oval superspeedway. The facility is situated on 930 acres and is located in Joliet, Illinois, approximately 35 miles from Chicago, Illinois.

MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY. Martinsville is a 0.5 mile moderately-banked, asphalt and concrete, oval speedway. The facility is situated on 250 acres and is located in Martinsville, Virginia, approximately 50 miles north of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. Phoenix is a 1.0 mile low-banked, lighted, asphalt, oval superspeedway. The facility is situated on 598 acres that also includes a 1.5-mile road course located near Phoenix, Arizona.

HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY. Homestead is a 1.5 mile variable-degree banked, lighted, asphalt, oval superspeedway. The facility is situated on 404 acres and is located in Homestead, Florida. Homestead is owned by the City of Homestead, however we operate Homestead under an agreement that expires in 2075, including renewal options.

WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. Watkins Glen includes 3.4-mile and 2.4-mile road course tracks. The facility is situated on 1,377 acres and is located near Watkins Glen, New York.

ROUTE 66 RACEWAY. Route 66 includes a quarter mile drag strip and dirt oval speedway. The facility, adjacent to Chicagoland, is situated on 240 acres and is located in Joliet, Illinois, approximately 35 miles from Chicago, Illinois.

OTHER FACILITIES: We own approximately 245 acres of real property near Daytona which is home to our corporate headquarters and other offices and facilities. We also own an additional approximate 3,800 acres, outside the location of the respective racing facilities, that are used for event parking, camping, other non-motorsport events and ancillary purposes. In addition, we lease real estate and office space in Talladega, Alabama, Watkins Glen, New York, Concord, North Carolina and Avondale, Arizona.

Intellectual Property

We have various registered and common law trademark rights, including, but not limited to, “California Speedway,” “Chicagoland Speedway,” “Darlington Raceway,” “The Great American Race,” “Southern 500,” “Too Tough to Tame,” “Daytona International Speedway,” “ Daytona 500 EXperience,” the “DAYTONA 500,” the “24 Hours of Daytona,” “Acceleration Alley,” “Daytona Dream Laps,” “Speedweeks,” “World Center of Racing,” “Homestead-Miami Speedway,” “Kansas Speedway,” “Martinsville Speedway,” “Michigan International Speedway,” “Phoenix International Raceway,” “Richmond International Raceway,” “Route 66 Raceway,” “The Action Track,” “Talladega Superspeedway,” “Watkins Glen International,” “The Glen,” “Americrown,” “Motor Racing Network,” “MRN,” and related logos. We also have licenses from NASCAR, various drivers and other businesses to use names and logos for merchandising programs and product sales. Our policy is to protect our intellectual property rights vigorously, through litigation, if necessary, chiefly because of their proprietary value in merchandise and promotional sales.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we are a party to routine litigation incidental to our business. We do not believe that the resolution of any or all of such litigation will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

At November 30, 2015, we had two issued classes of capital stock: class A common stock, $.01 par value per share, and class B common stock, $.01 par value per share. The class A common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol “ISCA.” The class B common stock is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “ISCB.OB” and, at the option of the holder, is convertible to class A common stock at any time. As of November 30, 2015, there were approximately 2,017 record holders of class A common stock and approximately 319 record holders of class B common stock.

The reported high and low sales prices or high and low bid information, as applicable, for each quarter indicated are as follows:

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		ISCA				ISCB.OB(1)
		High		Low		High		Low
Fiscal	2014
	First Quarter	$	38.01	$	30.02	$	37.40	$	32.35
	Second Quarter	34.96		29.90		34.00		29.72
	Third Quarter	35.32		29.67		34.67		29.00
	Fourth Quarter	33.98		28.09		33.50		31.00
Fiscal	2015
	First Quarter	$	32.65	$	28.54	$	32.50	$	30.75
	Second Quarter	38.27		30.25		37.85		31.35
	Third Quarter	38.06		28.96		37.23		31.52
	Fourth Quarter	37.87		30.99		37.77		31.25


(1)	ISCB quotations were obtained from the OTC Bulletin Board and represent prices between dealers and do not include mark-up, mark-down or commission. Such quotations do not necessarily represent actual transactions.

Stock Purchase Plan

An important component of our capital allocation strategy is returning capital to shareholders. We have solid operating margins that generate substantial operating cash flow. Using these internally generated proceeds, we have returned a significant amount of capital to shareholders primarily through our share repurchase program.

The Company has a share repurchase program (“Stock Purchase Plan”) under which it is authorized to purchase up to $330.0 million of its outstanding Class A common shares. The timing and amount of any shares repurchased under the Stock Purchase Plan will depend on a variety of factors, including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, capital availability and other market conditions. The Stock Purchase Plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice. No shares have been or will be knowingly purchased from Company insiders or their affiliates.



Period	(a) Total number of shares purchased	(b) Average price paid per share		(c) Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or Programs	(d) Maximum number of shares (or approximate dollar value of shares) that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (in thousands)
December 1, 2014 — August 31, 2015
Repurchase program(1)	—	$	—	—	$	61,741
Employee transactions(2)	27,030	36.36		—
September 1, 2015 — September 30, 2015
Repurchase program(1)	—	—		—	61,741
October 1, 2015 — October 31, 2015
Repurchase program(1)	—	—		—	61,741
November 1, 2015 — November 30, 2015
Repurchase program(1)	—	—		—	61,741
	27,030			—

(1)

Since inception of the Stock Purchase Plan through November 30, 2015, we have purchased 7,063,962 shares of our Class A common shares, for a total of approximately $268.3 million. There were no purchases, under the Stock Purchase Plan, of the Company's Class A common shares during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015. At November 30, 2015, we have approximately $61.7 million remaining repurchase authority under the current Stock Purchase Plan.

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(2)	Represents shares of our common stock delivered to us in satisfaction of the minimum statutory tax withholding obligation of holders of restricted shares that vested during the period.

Dividends

Annual dividends were declared in the quarter ended in May and paid in June in the fiscal years reported below on all common stock that was issued at the time (amount per share):




Fiscal Year:	Annual Dividend
2011	$	0.18
2012	0.20
2013	0.22
2014	0.24
2015	0.26

Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

Equity Compensation Plan Information



Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)		Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	148,951	$	38.31	398,434
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	—	—		—
Total	148,951	38.31		398,434

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth our selected financial data as of and for each of the last five fiscal years in the period ended November 30, 2015. The income statement data for the three fiscal years in the period ended November 30, 2015, and the balance sheet data as of November 30, 2014 and November 30, 2015, have been derived from our audited historical consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. The balance sheet data as of November 30, 2013, and the income statement data and the balance sheet data as of and for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2012 and 2011, have been derived from our audited historical consolidated financial statements, which are available on our website. You should read the selected financial data set forth below in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included elsewhere in this report.

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	For the Year Ended November 30,
	2011			2012			2013			2014			2015
	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Income Statement Data:
Revenues:
Admissions, net	$	144,433		$	136,099		$	129,824		$	129,688		$	130,154
Motorsports and other event related	425,655			416,699			425,530			433,738			451,838
Food, beverage and merchandise (1)	47,863			45,985			44,046			72,880			47,282
Other	11,734			13,584			13,240			15,630			16,096
Total revenues	629,685			612,367			612,640			651,936			645,370
Expenses:
Direct:
NASCAR event management fees	154,562			154,673			159,349			162,988			167,841
Motorsports and other event related	124,861			125,072			125,928			128,229			131,109
Food, beverage and merchandise (1)	36,744			35,642			33,150			58,265			38,484
General and administrative	98,795			102,958			104,925			108,563			111,617
Depreciation and amortization (2)	76,871			77,870			93,989			90,352			94,727
Impairments / losses on retirements of long-lived assets (3)	4,687			11,143			16,607			10,148			16,015
Total expenses	496,520			507,358			533,948			558,545			559,793
Operating income	133,165			105,009			78,692			93,391			85,577
Interest income (4)	139			102			96			2,107			157
Interest expense (5)	(14,710		)	(13,501		)	(15,221		)	(9,182		)	(9,582		)
Loss on early redemption of debt (6)	—			(9,144		)	—			—			—
Other (7)	—			1,008			75			5,380			730
Equity in net (loss) income from equity investments (8)	(4,177		)	2,757			9,434			8,916			14,060
Income before income taxes	114,417			86,231			73,076			100,612			90,942
Income taxes	44,993			31,653			27,784			33,233			34,308
Net income	$	69,424		$	54,578		$	45,292		$	67,379		$	56,634

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	1.46		$	1.18		$	0.97		$	1.45		$	1.21

Dividends per share	$	0.18		$	0.20		$	0.22		$	0.24		$	0.26
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	47,602,574			46,386,355			46,470,647			46,559,232			46,621,211
Diluted	47,611,179			46,396,631			46,486,561			46,573,038			46,635,830
Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
Cash and cash equivalents	$	110,078		$	78,379		$	172,827		$	158,847		$	160,548
Working capital	75,759			50,868			153,780			110,783			146,581
Total assets	1,944,639			1,941,741			2,017,506			2,077,651			2,122,199
Long-term debt	313,888			274,419			271,680			268,311			264,964
Total debt	316,152			276,932			274,487			271,746			268,372
Total shareholders’ equity	1,212,466			1,248,810			1,287,155			1,346,432			1,393,215

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(1)

Fiscal year 2014 includes consolidated operations of Motorsports Authentics (“MA”) following Speedway Motorsports, Inc.'s ("SMI") abandonment of its interest and rights in SMISC, LLC on January 31, 2014. As a result, ISC recognized merchandise revenue and operating expenses totaling approximately $25.7 million and $24.7 million, respectively, for the 10-month period February 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014.

(2)

Fiscal year 2013 includes accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising and capacity management initiatives totaling approximately $15.4 million. Fiscal year 2014 includes accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising totaling approximately $11.1 million. Fiscal year 2015 includes accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising totaling approximately $6.8 million.

(3)

Fiscal 2011 losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets is primarily attributable to the removal of certain assets in connection with the repaving of the track and grandstand enhancements at Phoenix as well as grandstand enhancements at Kansas and Talladega. Fiscal 2012 losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets is primarily attributable to the removal of certain assets in connection with the repaving of the track at Kansas, and certain other long-lived assets located at our motorsports facilities. Fiscal 2013 losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets is primarily attributable to the removal of assets not fully depreciated in connection with DAYTONA Rising, capacity management initiatives and other capital improvements. Fiscal 2014 losses associated with demolition costs in connection with DAYTONA Rising, capacity management initiatives and other capital improvements. Fiscal 2015 losses associated with demolition costs in connection with DAYTONA Rising and other capital improvements.


(4)	Fiscal 2014 includes approximately $1.8 million related to settlement of interest income on a long-term receivable.


(5)	Fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015 include approximately $0.8 million $7.2 million, and $6.0 million, respectively, related to capitalized interest for DAYTONA Rising, (see DAYTONA Rising in Liquidity and Capital Resources of MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS).


(6)	In fiscal 2012, we recorded a loss on early redemption of debt related to the redemption of $87.0 million of outstanding senior notes maturing in 2014.


(7)	Fiscal 2012 includes the net gain on sale of certain assets. Fiscal 2014 includes the valuation adjustment related to consolidation of MA, representing the fair value over the carrying value as of January 31, 2014.

(8)

Equity in net (loss) income from equity investments includes the Company’s 50.0 percent portion of Kansas Entertainment’s net income, more fully discussed in Management's Discussion and Analysis, Equity and Other Investments. Fiscal 2011 includes pre-development operating expenses not capitalized prior to commencement of operations in February 2012. Fiscal 2012 reflects a partial year of operations from the Casino opening in February 2012 through November 30, 2012. Included in the Company's equity income in fiscal 2013 is a one-time property tax refund of approximately $1.1 million.

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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

The following financial information is presented below using other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“non-GAAP”), and is reconciled to comparable information presented using GAAP. Non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share below are derived by adjusting amounts determined in accordance with GAAP for certain items presented in the accompanying selected operating statement data, net of taxes.

We believe such non-GAAP information is useful and meaningful, and is used by investors to assess our core operations, which consist of the ongoing promotion of racing events at our major motorsports entertainment facilities. Such non-GAAP information identifies and separately displays the equity investment earnings and losses of MA and Kansas Entertainment (prior to becoming part of our core operations in fiscal 2012) and adjusts for items that are not considered to be reflective of our continuing core operations at our motorsports entertainment facilities. We believe that such non-GAAP information improves the comparability of the operating results and provides a better understanding of the performance of our core operations for the periods presented. We use this non-GAAP information to analyze the current performance and trends and make decisions regarding future ongoing operations. This non-GAAP financial information may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities and should not be considered as an alternative to operating income, net income or diluted earnings per share, which are determined in accordance with GAAP. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered independent of or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating the business and as such deemed it important to provide such information to investors.

The adjustments for 2011 relate to the pre-opening expenses for Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway — equity in net loss from equity investment, carrying costs of our Staten Island property, and losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets.

The adjustments for 2012 relate to carrying costs of our Staten Island property, settlement of litigation, marketing and consulting costs incurred associated with DAYTONA Rising, losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets, loss on early redemption of debt, and net gain on sale of certain assets.

The adjustments for 2013 relate to carrying costs of our Staten Island property, legal judgment, marketing and consulting costs incurred associated with DAYTONA Rising, accelerated depreciation associated with DAYTONA Rising and capacity management initiatives, losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets, capitalized interest associated with DAYTONA Rising and net gain on sale of certain assets.

The adjustments for 2014 relate to legal settlement, marketing and consulting costs incurred associated with DAYTONA Rising, accelerated depreciation, losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets, impairment of MA long-lived intangible asset, settlement of interest income related to long-term receivable, DAYTONA Rising project capitalized interest, MA fair value adjustment and income tax benefits, and net loss on sale of certain assets.

The adjustments for 2015 relate to marketing and consulting costs incurred associated with DAYTONA Rising, accelerated depreciation, losses associated with the retirements of certain other long-lived assets, DAYTONA Rising project capitalized interest and net loss on sale of certain assets.

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	For the Year Ended November 30
	2011		2012			2013			2014			2015
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Net income	$	69,424	$	54,578		$	45,292		$	67,379		$	56,634
Equity in net loss from equity investments, net of tax	2,534		—			—			—			—
Consolidated net income excluding equity in net loss from equity investments	71,958		54,578			45,292			67,379			56,634
Adjustments, net of tax:
Carrying costs related to Staten Island	1,664		2,780			1,728			—			—
Legal settlement/judgment	—		714			310			(386		)	—
DAYTONA Rising project	—		229			913			672			847
Accelerated depreciation	—		—			9,358			6,758			4,153
Losses on retirements of long-lived assets	2,845		6,775			10,097			5,802			9,735
Impairment of MA's long lived intangible asset	—		—			—			605			—
Interest settlement on long-term receivable	—		—			—			(1,116		)	—
DAYTONA Rising project capitalized interest	—		—			(467		)	(4,387		)	(3,652		)
Loss on early redemption of debt	—		5,560			—			—			—
MA fair value adjustment and income tax benefits	—		—			—			(9,455		)	—
Net (gain) loss on sale of certain assets	—		(566		)	(46		)	41			(444		)
Non-GAAP net income	$	76,467	$	70,070		$	67,185		$	65,913		$	67,273

Diluted earnings per share	$	1.46	$	1.18		$	0.97		$	1.45		$	1.21
Equity in net loss from equity investments, net of tax	0.05		—			—			—			—
Consolidated net income excluding equity in net loss from equity investments	1.51		1.18			0.97			1.45			1.21
Adjustments, net of tax:
Carrying costs related to Staten Island	0.04		0.06			0.04			—			—
Legal settlement/judgment	—		0.01			0.01			(0.01		)	—
DAYTONA Rising project	—		0.00			0.02			0.02			0.02
Accelerated depreciation	—		—			0.20			0.14			0.09
Losses on retirements of long-lived assets	0.06		0.15			0.21			0.12			0.21
Impairment of MA's long lived intangible asset	—		—			—			0.01			—
Interest settlement on long-term receivable	—		—			—			(0.02		)	—
DAYTONA Rising project capitalized interest	—		—			(0.01		)	(0.09		)	(0.08		)
Loss on early redemption of debt	—		0.12			—			—			—
MA fair value adjustment and income tax benefits	—		—			—			(0.20		)	—
Net (gain) loss on sale of certain assets	—		(0.01		)	0.00			0.00			(0.01		)
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share	$	1.61	$	1.51		$	1.44		$	1.42		$	1.44

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Results of Operations

General

The general nature of our business is a motorsports themed amusement enterprise, furnishing amusement to the public in the form of motorsports themed entertainment. We derive revenues primarily from (i) admissions to motorsports events and motorsports themed amusement activities held at our facilities, (ii) revenue generated in conjunction with or as a result of motorsports events and motorsports themed amusement activities conducted at our facilities, and (iii) catering, concession and merchandising services during or as a result of these events and amusement activities.

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“Admissions, net” revenue includes ticket sales for all of our racing events and other motorsports activities and amusements, net of any applicable taxes.

“Motorsports and other event related” revenue primarily includes television and ancillary media rights fees, promotion and sponsorship fees, hospitality rentals (including luxury suites, chalets and the hospitality portion of club seating), advertising revenues, royalties from licenses of our trademarks, parking and camping revenues, track rental fees and fees paid by third party promoters for management of non-motorsports events.

“Food, beverage and merchandise” revenue includes revenues from concession stands, direct sales of souvenirs, hospitality catering, programs and other merchandise and fees paid by third party vendors for the right to occupy space to sell souvenirs and concessions at our motorsports entertainment facilities.

Direct expenses include (i) NASCAR event management fees, (ii) motorsports and other event related expenses, which include labor, advertising, costs of competition paid to sanctioning bodies other than NASCAR and other expenses associated with the promotion of all of our motorsports and other events and activities, and (iii) food, beverage and merchandise expenses, consisting primarily of labor and costs of goods sold.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. While our estimates and assumptions are based on conditions existing at and trends leading up to the time the estimates and assumptions are made, actual results could differ materially from those estimates and assumptions. We continually review our accounting policies, how they are applied and how they are reported and disclosed in the financial statements.

The following is a summary of our critical accounting policies and estimates and how they are applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation. We consolidate all entities we control by ownership of a majority voting interest and variable interest entities for which we have the power to direct activities and the obligation to absorb losses. Our judgment in determining if we consolidate a variable interest entity includes assessing which party, if any, has the power and benefits. Therefore, we evaluate which activities most significantly affect the variable interest entities economic performance and determine whether we, or another party, have the power to direct these activities.

We apply the equity method of accounting for our investments in joint ventures and other investees whenever we can exert significant influence on the investee but do not have effective control over the investee. Our consolidated net income includes our share of the net earnings or losses from these investees. Our judgment regarding the level of influence over each equity method investee includes considering factors such as our ownership interest, board representation and policy making decisions. We periodically evaluate these equity investments for potential impairment where a decline in value is determined to be other than temporary. We eliminate all significant intercompany transactions from financial results.

Revenue Recognition. Advance ticket sales and event-related revenues for future events are deferred until earned, which is generally once the events are conducted. The recognition of event-related expenses is matched with the recognition of event-related revenues.

NASCAR contracts directly with certain network providers for television rights to the entire NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series schedules. Event promoters share in the television rights fees in accordance with the provision of the sanction agreement for each NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series event. Under the terms of this arrangement, NASCAR retains 10.0 percent of the gross broadcast rights fees allocated to each NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series event as a component of its sanction fees. The promoter records 90.0 percent of the gross broadcast rights fees as revenue and then records 25.0 percent of the gross broadcast rights fees as part of its awards to the competitors. Ultimately, the promoter retains 65.0 percent of the net cash proceeds from the gross broadcast rights fees allocated to the event.

Our revenues from marketing partnerships are paid in accordance with negotiated contracts, with the identities of partners and the terms of sponsorship changing from time to time. Some of our marketing partnership agreements are for multiple facilities and/or events and include multiple specified elements, such as tickets, hospitality chalets, suites, display space and signage for each included event. The allocation of such marketing partnership revenues between the multiple elements, events and facilities is based on relative selling price. The sponsorship revenue allocated to an event is recognized when the event is conducted.

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Revenues and related costs from the sale of merchandise to retail customers, internet sales and direct sales to dealers are recognized at the time of sale.

Business Combinations. All business combinations are accounted for under the acquisition method. Whether net assets or common stock is acquired, fair values are determined and assigned to the purchased assets and assumed liabilities of the acquired entity. The excess of the cost of the acquisition over fair value of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Business combinations involving existing motorsports entertainment facilities commonly result in a significant portion of the purchase price being allocated to the fair value of the contract-based intangible asset associated with long-term relationships manifest in the sanction agreements with sanctioning bodies, such as NASCAR and IMSA series. The continuity of sanction agreements with these bodies has historically enabled the facility operator to host motorsports events year after year. While individual sanction agreements may be of terms as short as one year, a significant portion of the purchase price in excess of the fair value of acquired tangible assets is commonly paid to acquire anticipated future cash flows from events promoted pursuant to these agreements which are expected to continue for the foreseeable future and therefore, in accordance with ASC 805-50, “Business Combinations,” are recorded as indefinite-lived intangible assets recognized apart from goodwill.

Capitalization and Depreciation Policies. Property and equipment are stated at cost. Maintenance and repairs that neither materially add to the value of the property nor appreciably prolong its life are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation and amortization for financial statement purposes are provided on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. When we construct assets, we capitalize costs of the project, including, but not limited to, certain pre-acquisition costs, permitting costs, fees paid to architects and contractors, certain costs of our design and construction subsidiary, property taxes and interest.

We must make estimates and assumptions when accounting for capital expenditures. Whether an expenditure is considered an operating expense or a capital asset is a matter of judgment. When constructing or purchasing assets, we must determine whether existing assets are being replaced or otherwise impaired, which also is a matter of judgment. Our depreciation expense for financial statement purposes is highly dependent on the assumptions we make about our assets’ estimated useful lives. We determine the estimated useful lives based upon our experience with similar assets, industry, legal and regulatory factors, and our expectations of the usage of the asset. Whenever events or circumstances occur which change the estimated useful life of an asset, we account for the change prospectively.

Interest costs associated with major development and construction projects are capitalized as part of the cost of the project. Interest is typically capitalized on amounts expended using the weighted-average cost of our outstanding borrowings, since we typically do not borrow funds directly related to a development or construction project. We capitalize interest on a project when development or construction activities begin, and cease when such activities are substantially complete or are suspended for more than a brief period.

Impairments / Losses on Retirements of Long-Lived Assets, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. Our consolidated balance sheets include significant amounts of long-lived assets, goodwill and other intangible assets, which could be subject to impairments / losses on retirements. During the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015 we recorded before-tax charges as losses on retirements of long-lived assets primarily attributable to costs to remove certain other long-lived assets located at our motorsports facilities totaling approximately $16.6 million, $10.1 million and $16.0 million, respectively.

As of November 30, 2015, goodwill and other intangible assets and property and equipment account for approximately $1.7 billion, or 82.3 percent of our total assets. We account for our goodwill and other intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350 and for our long-lived assets in accordance with ASC 360.

We follow applicable authoritative guidance on accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets which specifies, among other things, non-amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and requires testing for possible impairment, either upon the occurrence of an impairment indicator or at least annually. We complete our annual testing in our fiscal fourth quarter, based on assumptions regarding our future business outlook and expected future discounted cash flows attributable to such assets (using the fair value assessment provision of applicable authoritative guidance), supported by quoted market prices or comparable transactions where available or applicable.

While we continue to review and analyze many factors that can impact our business prospects in the future (as further described in “Risk Factors”), our analysis is subjective and is based on conditions existing at, and trends leading up to, the time the estimates and assumptions are made. Different conditions or assumptions, or changes in cash flows or profitability, if significant, could have a material adverse effect on the outcome of the impairment evaluation and our future condition or results of operations.

In connection with our fiscal 2015 assessment of goodwill and intangible assets for possible impairment we used the methodology described above. We believe our methods used to determine fair value and evaluate possible impairment were

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appropriate, relevant, and represent methods customarily available and used for such purposes. Our latest annual assessment of goodwill and other intangible assets in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 indicated there had been no impairment and the fair value substantially exceeded the carrying value for the respective reporting units.

In addition, our growth strategy includes investing in certain joint venture opportunities. In these equity investments we exert significant influence on the investee but do not have effective control over the investee, which adds an additional element of risk that could harm our operating results or financial condition. The carrying value of our equity investment was $103.2 million at November 30, 2015.

Income Taxes. The tax law requires that certain items be included in our tax return at different times than when these items are reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Some of these differences are permanent, such as expenses not deductible on our tax return. However, some differences reverse over time, such as depreciation expense, and these temporary differences create deferred tax assets and liabilities. Our estimates of deferred income taxes and the significant items giving rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect our assessment of actual future taxes to be paid on items reflected in our financial statements, giving consideration to both timing and probability of realization. Actual income taxes could vary significantly from these estimates due to future changes in income tax law or changes or adjustments resulting from final review of our tax returns by taxing authorities, which could also adversely impact our cash flow.

In the ordinary course of business, there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain. Accruals for uncertain tax positions are provided for in accordance with the requirements of ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this guidance, we may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50.0 percent likelihood of being realized upon the ultimate settlement. This interpretation also provides guidance on de-recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, and income tax disclosures. Judgment is required in assessing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns. Although we believe the estimates are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of these matters will not be different than what is reflected in the historical income tax provisions and accruals. Such differences could have a material impact on the income tax provision and operating results in the period in which such determination is made.

Contingent Liabilities. Our determination of the treatment of contingent liabilities in the financial statements is based on our view of the expected outcome of the applicable contingency. In the ordinary course of business, we consult with legal counsel on matters related to litigation and other experts both within and outside our Company. We accrue a liability if the likelihood of an adverse outcome is probable and the amount of loss is reasonably estimable. We disclose the matter but do not accrue a liability if the likelihood of an adverse outcome is reasonably possible and an estimate of loss is not determinable. Legal and other costs incurred in conjunction with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

Equity and Other Investments

Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway

Kansas Entertainment, a 50/50 joint venture of Penn, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. and Kansas Speedway Development Corporation (“KSDC”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ISC, operates the Hollywood-themed casino and branded destination entertainment facility, overlooking turn two at Kansas Speedway. Penn is the managing member of Kansas Entertainment and is responsible for the operations of the casino.

We have accounted for Kansas Entertainment as an equity investment in our financial statements as of November 30, 2015. Our 50.0 percent portion of Kansas Entertainment’s net income was approximately $9.4 million, $8.9 million and $14.1 million for fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, and is included in equity in net income from equity investments in our consolidated statements of operations. Included in our fiscal 2013 income from equity investment amount is approximately $1.1 million related to a one-time property tax refund.

Distributions from Kansas Entertainment, for the year ended November 30, 2015, totaling $32.1 million, consist of $15.2 million received as a distribution from its profits included in net cash provided by operating activities on our statement of cash flows; the remaining $16.8 million received was recognized as a return of capital from investing activities on our statement of cash flows. We received total distributions of approximately $22.0 million in fiscal 2014.

Staten Island Property

On August 5, 2013, we announced that we sold our 676 acre parcel of property located in Staten Island, New York, to Staten Island Marine Development, LLC (“Marine Development”). Marine Development purchased 100 percent of the outstanding equity membership interests of 380 Development LLC (“380 Development”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ISC and

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owner of the Staten Island property, for a total sales price of $80.0 million. In addition, we previously received approximately $4.2 million for an option provided to the purchaser that is nonrefundable and does not apply to the $80.0 million sales price.

We received $7.5 million, less closing and other administrative costs, of the sales price at closing. The remaining sales price was financed with us holding a secured mortgage interest in 380 Development as well as the underlying property. The mortgage balance bears interest at an annual rate of 7.0 percent. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, we have received a principal payment of approximately $6.1 million plus interest on the mortgage balance through November 30, 2015, and we will receive the remaining purchase price of $66.4 million, due March 4, 2016. Interest on the remaining mortgage balance is due quarterly, in arrears, and Marine Development is current with all payments through January 2016. Based on the level of Marine Development's initial investment at closing and continuing investment, we have accounted for the transaction using the cost recovery method and have deferred the recognition of profit of approximately $1.9 million, and interest totaling approximately $10.2 million at November 30, 2015, until the carrying amount of the property is recovered, which will not be until the final payment is made.

The net proceeds from the sale, combined with the mortgage interest and related total cash tax benefit, will provide us with approximately $118.0 million in incremental cash flow through the term of the mortgage.

Income Taxes

Certain state settlements are the principal cause of the decreased effective income tax rate as compared to the statutory income tax rate, for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2013. The principal causes of the decreased income tax rate for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014 are the tax treatment related to the other income recognized as a result of SMI's abandonment of their interest in SMISC, LLC on January 31, 2014, including the related tax benefits associated with various operating loss and other carryforwards of MA and certain tax filing positions of SMISC, LLC totaling approximately $4.0 million along with certain state income tax adjustments. The principal causes of the decreased effective income tax rate as compared to the statutory income tax rate, for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015 are reductions in certain state tax rates.

As a result of the above items, our effective income tax rate decreased from the statutory income rate to approximately 38.0 percent, 33.0 percent and 37.7 percent for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Also of note, while not impacting the combined current and deferred income tax expense and related income tax rate during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, as compared to the prior fiscal year, the tax benefit realized in fiscal 2013 attributable to the aforementioned sale of our Staten Island property, as well as the effect of the December 2013 expiration of certain tax legislation impacting depreciation deductions contributed substantially to increased current income taxes paid during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014 totaling approximately $51.3 million as compared to approximately $18.1 million during fiscal 2013.

In December 2014, Congress passed the Tax Increase Prevention Act which included a retroactive renewal back to January 1, 2014 and continuing through December 2014, of the previously expired tax legislation. The overall impact to the current fiscal year tax depreciation deduction as a result of the expiration of this legislation at December 2014, substantially contributed to the overall reduction of approximately $18.0 million in our long-term deferred income tax liabilities at November 30, 2015 as compared to November 30, 2014. In December 2015, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act which included a retroactive renewal back to January 1, 2015 of the previously expired tax legislation. The impact of this retroactive tax legislation will not affect our fiscal 2016 effective tax rate, but will reduce related income tax payments.

Future Trends in Operating Results

International Speedway Corporation is the leading owner of major motorsports entertainment facilities and promoter of motorsports-themed entertainment activities in the United States. We compete for discretionary spending and leisure time with many other entertainment alternatives and are subject to factors that generally affect the recreation, leisure and sports industry, including general economic conditions. Our operations are also sensitive to factors that affect corporate budgets. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, employment and wage levels, business conditions, interest and taxation rates, relative commodity prices, and changes in consumer tastes and spending habits.

The unprecedented adverse economic conditions that began in 2008, which significantly impacted consumer confidence and disproportionately affected different demographics of our target customers, continue to influence the frequency with which guests attend our major motorsports entertainment events. Ongoing global and regional uncertainty, lack of a broad based middle class economic recovery, and/or further weakening in the domestic economy may continue to adversely impact attendance levels, guest spending levels, and our ability to secure corporate marketing partnerships in the future. Reductions in any of these categories can directly and negatively affect revenues and profitability. Beginning in 2009 we mitigated the decline of certain revenue categories with sustainable cost containment initiatives. Beginning in 2012, we re-instituted regular merit pay increases to more normalized levels. Certain non-controllable costs, such as NASCAR sanction fees, increased this year and recently executed five-year Sanction Agreements covering 2016 to 2020 include annual, contracted growth in fees (see

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further detail in Sanctioning Bodies section). While we are sustaining the significant cost reductions previously implemented and continuously seek ways to improve our operating efficiency, we do not expect further significant cost reductions.

Looking ahead, we expect the continuing slow, but uneven, recovery in the broader U.S. economy to provide an environment for improved attendance-related and corporate partnership revenues. Our industry will further benefit from NASCAR securing its broadcast rights through the 2024 season with the largest broadcast rights deal in the sport's 66-year history. Consistent with major sports properties throughout the world, broadcast rights represent our company's largest revenue segment. Expanding and extending this contracted revenue will provide us unparalleled long-term cash flow visibility. We also believe the strategic initiatives we and the motorsports industry have undertaken to grow the sport will continue to strengthen the long-term health of our Company.

The industry and its stakeholders have demonstrated their commitment to growing the sport by aligning with and executing upon growth initiatives supporting NASCAR's industry-wide strategic plan whose objective is to build upon NASCAR's appeal by enhancing the connection with existing fans, as well as attracting and engaging new Gen Y, youth and multicultural consumers in motorsports. Additional areas of focus include building greater product relevance, cultivating driver star power, growing social media activities and enhancing the event experience.

Several recent and successful on-track innovations that resulted from NASCAR initiatives include the introduction of the Gen 6 Car design, new qualifying formats and enhancements to the Chase for the Championship. In January 2014 NASCAR announced a new championship format that puts greater emphasis on winning races all season long, expands the current Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field to 16 drivers, and implements a new round-by-round advancement format that ultimately rewards a battle-tested, worthy champion. The format makes every race matter even more, diminishes points racing, puts a premium on winning races and concludes with a best-of-the-best, first-to-the-finish line showdown race – all of which is exactly what fans want. The new Chase structure has driven NASCAR Sprint Cup competition to a whole new level with a thrilling, easy to understand format that we believe translates into greater fan interest and revenue opportunities for these events. Our results from the 2015 Chase support this. At this year's Chase finale at Homestead, consumer and corporate participation exceeded 2014 making this the second year in a row this event's results surpassed the prior year. The final two ISC events of the 2015 season in Phoenix and Homestead were both announced as sellouts prior to the event. In addition, for the combined 2015 Chase events ISC hosted, we experienced an overall four percent increase in grandstand attendance over prior year. These are strong indicators that the Chase format along with other strategic initiatives we have implemented are creating favorable momentum that we expect to continue.

We support NASCAR's industry strategy on a number of fronts. As referenced above, we are committed to improving our major motorsports facilities to enhance guest experiences and create stronger fan engagement. Specifically, one of the most ambitious and important projects in our history is the redevelopment of the frontstretch of the Daytona International Speedway, the Company's 56-year-old flagship motorsports facility. This new, state of the art motorsports stadium will enhance the event experience for our fans, marketing partners, broadcasters and the motorsports industry (See "DAYTONA Rising: Reimagining an American Icon"). We are confident that elevating the experience at the most important and iconic motorsports facility in North America will grow the DAYTONA 500 brand, our 12 other major motorsports facilities' brands and NASCAR's brand. Ultimately this strategic project will positively influence attendance trends, corporate involvement in the sport, and the long-term strength of future broadcast media rights revenues.

Admissions

Driving event sellouts and creating excess demand is key to the optimal performance of our hosted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. An important component of our operating strategy continues to be a long-standing focus on supply and demand when evaluating ticket pricing and adjusting capacity at our facilities. By effectively managing both ticket prices and seating capacity, we have historically shown the ability to stimulate ticket renewals and advance ticket sales.

Advance ticket sales provide us many benefits such as earlier cash inflow, and reducing the potential negative impact of actual or forecasted inclement weather. When evaluating ticketing initiatives, we first examine our ticket pricing structure for each segmented seating area and/or offering within our major motorsports entertainment facilities to ensure prices are on target with market demand. When determined necessary, we adjust ticket pricing. We believe our ticket pricing philosophy appropriately factors current demand, and provides attractive price points for all income levels and desired fan experiences.

It is important that we maintain the integrity of our ticket pricing model by ensuring our customers who purchase tickets during the renewal period get preferential pricing. We do not adjust pricing downward inside of the sales cycle to avoid rewarding last-minute ticket buyers by discounting tickets. Further, we closely monitor and manage the availability of promotional tickets. Encouraging late cycle buying and offering excess promotional tickets could have a detrimental effect on our ticket pricing model and long-term value of our business. We believe it is more important to encourage advance ticket sales and maintain price integrity to achieve long-term growth rather than to capture short-term incremental revenue at the expense of our customers who purchased tickets during the renewal period. We continue to explore and implement innovative ticket pricing

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strategies to capture incremental admissions revenue including ticket price increases over time as the event nears and adjusting pricing of specific seats within a section or row with desirable attributes and greater demand.

Adjusting seating capacity is another consumer-focused strategy to promote sellouts, create excess demand and in turn increase capacity utilization at our major motorsports facilities. Over the past few years, we have reduced capacity at our major motorsports facilities. A significant portion of the capacity reduction was a result of our goal to provide improved fan amenities such as wider seating, create social zones with greater fan interaction/engagement for our guests, and remove sections that do not provide adequate sight lines. Based on our experience and the continual evolution of modern sports facilities, ticket demand relies strongly on creating a more personal experience for the fans. Enhancing the live event experience to compete with the at-home television experience is a critical strategy for our future growth. Other benefits derived from capacity management include improved pricing power for our events; enticing more customers to renew or purchase tickets earlier in the sales cycle; increasing customer retention; driving greater attendance to our lead-in events, such as NASCAR's Xfinity and Camping World Truck series events; generating stronger interest from corporate sponsors; and creating a more visually compelling event for the television audience.

Other key strategic focus areas designed to build fan engagement and augment the live-event experience include providing enhanced at-track audio and visual experiences, additional and improved concession and merchandise points-of-sale, creating more interactive social zones and offering greater wireless connectivity. We continuously monitor market demand, evaluate customer feedback, and explore next generation live-sports entertainment fan amenities, all of which could further impact how we manage capacity and spend capital at our major motorsports facilities.

Corporate Partnerships

NASCAR is a powerful brand with a loyal fan base that we believe is aware of, appreciates and supports corporate participation to a greater extent than fans of any other sports property. The combination of brand power and fan loyalty provides an attractive platform for robust corporate partnerships. The number of FORTUNE 500 companies invested in NASCAR remains higher than any other sport. More than one-in-four FORTUNE 500 companies, and one-in-two FORTUNE 100 companies, use NASCAR as part of their marketing strategy and the trend is increasing. The number of FORTUNE 500 companies investing in NASCAR increased seven percent in 2015 versus prior year; and is a 20 percent improvement versus 2008.

We believe that our presence in key metropolitan statistical areas, year-round event schedule, impressive portfolio of major motorsports events and attractive fan demographics are beneficial as we continue to pursue renewal and expansion of existing corporate marketing partnerships and establish new corporate relationships. Companies are demanding more quantifiable return on investment from their sports marketing strategies and our company is focused on delivering enhanced value through our strategic initiatives. This includes enhanced facilities, more frequent and diverse content at our facilities, and deeper understanding of and integration with our customers' business, among other things.

For fiscal 2015, total actual ISC corporate sales exceeded our 2015 target by 2.8 percent and surpassed prior year by 3.1 percent making this the second successive year of growing corporate revenues since the Great Recession. All NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity and Camping World Truck series event entitlements were secured for the 2015 fiscal year, which allowed the sales team to focus more resources on media advertising, prospecting and growing official status categories. We believe this demonstrates the value proposition for our corporate partners is stronger than ever.

Looking forward to 2016, we are very encouraged by organic growth of corporate sales and new sales boosted by strong corporate demand from the grand opening of DAYTONA Rising. We also continue to see longer deal terms that provide greater long-term income visibility, further allows our sales team to focus on incremental revenue generation, and more time for sponsor activation. As of early January 2016, we have sold all but one NASCAR Sprint Cup race entitlement and four Xfinity Series entitlements and have secured 75.0 percent of our total 2016 corporate sales target compared to 74.0 percent at this point in 2015. Not only are we pacing ahead of prior year sales as a percent of our full year target, but the 2016 target is more than 11 percent higher than 2015. For DAYTONA Rising, we have secured four long-term founding partnerships with Toyota, Florida Hospital, Chevrolet, and Sunoco, all of them equal or exceed ten year relationships.

Television Broadcast and Ancillary Media Rights

Domestic broadcast and ancillary media rights fees are ISC's largest revenue source, accounting for approximately 48.7 percent of 2015 total revenues.

In August 2013, NASCAR finalized multi-platform broadcast rights agreements with NBCUniversal (“NBC”) and FOX Broadcasting Company ("FOX") for 10 years, beginning in 2015 through the 2024 season, for the broadcast and related rights for NASCAR's three national touring series. Financial terms were not disclosed but leading industry sources estimate the combined agreements value at approximately $8.2 billion over the 10 years. The agreements include Spanish-language rights and 'TV Everywhere rights', which will allow NASCAR content to stream over the broadcasters' affiliated digital platforms.

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FOX has exclusive rights to the first 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point races beginning each year with the prestigious DAYTONA 500. In addition, FOX retains the rights to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, The Sprint Unlimited, Can-Am Duel, 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series events and the entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. NBC has exclusive rights to the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races including NASCAR’s playoffs - the Chase for the Sprint Cup, final 19 NASCAR Xfinity Series events, select NASCAR Regional & Touring Series events and other live content beginning in 2015. In total, NASCAR will have 17 Sprint Cup races on network television in 2016, the same as 2015.

NASCAR's solid ratings, the strong demand for live sports programming and the proliferation of on-demand content were significant factors for NASCAR signing the largest broadcast rights deal in the sport's 66-year history.

In August 2013, FOX debuted its 24-hour Fox Sports 1 network to compete with ESPN. Fox Sports 1 is available in approximately 85 million television households. In addition to NASCAR, Fox Sports 1 has new or renewed deals for Major League Baseball, college football and basketball, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Major League Soccer ("MLS"), United States Golf Association, as well as other sports. Fox Sports 1 represents the latest in the long migration of marquee sports from broadcast television to cable/satellite, who generally can support a higher investment due to subscriber fees that are not available to traditional networks. In 2015, Fox Sports 1 broadcast seven live NASCAR Sprint Cup events and eleven NASCAR Xfinity events. NASCAR events and content are consistently among the highest rated programming on Fox Sports 1.

NBC Sports Group possesses an unparalleled collection of television rights agreements, and in addition to NASCAR partners with some of the most prestigious sports properties in the world including the International Olympic Committee and United States Olympic Committee, the NFL, NHL, PGA TOUR, The R&A, PGA of America, Churchill Downs, Premier League, Tour de France, French Open, Formula One, IndyCar and many more. The sports media company consists of a unique array of sports assets, including NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, NBC Sports Network ("NBCSN") , Golf Channel, 10 NBC Sports Regional Networks, NBC Sports Radio and NBC Sports Digital (Sports Live Extra). NBC Sports Network is in approximately 84.0 million homes.

For the 2015 broadcast season, NASCAR Sprint Cup was the number one or two sport of the weekend nineteen times during this span. Year over year television ratings comparisons are difficult in 2015 due to changes in the broadcast line-up and impacts of inclement weather for events in the current and/or prior year. Despite the limited comparability of raw television ratings, the sport is experiencing positive trends with both broadcast and digital consumption metrics to date.

During 2015, Sprint Cup averaged 5.1 million viewers per event with 54 million total unique television viewers. Viewership on FOX increased 9 percent year over year. On Fox Sports 1, five of the top most-viewed telecasts in network history were 2015 Sprint Cup Series events.

Sprint Cup Races on NBC reached a total audience of 31 million, up +42% vs. comparable races in 2014. Five of NBCSN’s top 10 most-watched telecasts in the network’s history are 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup races, and NASCAR powered NBCSN to its most-watched year on record. Finally, the Sprint Cup Championship race from Miami was the most-watched NASCAR season finale in a decade and set a traffic record for NBC Sports Live Extra with over 4.0 million live minutes consumed.

Domestic broadcast media rights fees provide significant cash flow visibility to us, race teams and NASCAR over the contract term. Television broadcast and ancillary rights fees received from NASCAR for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series events conducted at our facilities under these agreements, and recorded as part of motorsports related revenue, were approximately $292.5 million, $302.9 million and $314.5 million for fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Operating income generated by these media rights were approximately $213.0 million, $220.1 million and $228.4 million for fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

As media rights revenues fluctuate so do the variable costs tied to the percentage of broadcast rights fees required to be paid to competitors as part of NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series sanction agreements. NASCAR event management fees (“NASCAR direct expenses”) are outlined in the sanction agreement for each event and are negotiated in advance of an event. As previously discussed, included in these NASCAR direct expenses are amounts equal to 25.0 percent of the gross domestic television broadcast rights fees allocated to our NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series events, as part of NASCAR event management fees (See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates - Revenue Recognition”). The NASCAR event management fees are contracted from 2016 through 2020 under the five-year sanction agreements (see Sanctioning Bodies) and paid to NASCAR to contribute to the support and growth of the sport of NASCAR stock car racing through payments to the teams and sanction fees paid to NASCAR. As such, we do not expect these costs to materially decrease in the future as a percentage of admissions and motorsports related income.

The current dynamic media landscape is diversifying how people consume media content. An internet trends study from June of 2015, reported that internet usage by adults age 18+ had grown an average of 11.0 percent per year from 2008 to 2015 representing an average of over 5 hours a day usage in 2015. Additionally, the study showed that consumption via mobile

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devices grew from 12.0 percent of that time to more than 50.0 percent of the time spent on-line. Traditional media like television and radio still make up a majority of the average time spent consuming media content per adult day, but digital media consumption whether using a desktop or mobile device now equals more than one-third average daily time consuming audio and video content and projected to continue growing. These statistics skew higher for younger demographics.

A key plank of NASCAR's strategy is to grow and measure all of the potential ways that people can consume media, whether through traditional television viewership, dynamic web/mobile content, and/or through social-media channels. NASCAR continually makes enhancements to NASCAR.com and NASCAR Mobile apps that strengthen the Industry's digital presence. In addition, NASCAR also created the Fan and Media Engagement Center to better understand digital conversations and optimize engagement with the social community. In the third year of managing its digital rights in-house, NASCAR experienced significant growth, measuring 1.1 billion aggregate page views across NASCAR.com, NASCAR mobile web and NASCAR Mobile apps in 2015. The billion plus page view milestone marks a 20 percent year-over-year increase in engagement on the platform, according to data from Adobe Omniture SiteCatalyst. Through the 2015 NASCAR season, NASCAR.com averaged 1.4 million unique visitors on NASCAR Sprint Cup race days; and across all digital platforms, race day metrics increased +2.0 percent for unique visitors, +14 percent for page views, and +7.0 percent for video views. On the social media front in 2015, NASCAR's Facebook and Twitter accounts combined to generate over 4.1 billion impressions this year, or up +52.0 percent versus 2014. Overall social impressions averaged 25.2 million per race day with growth in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram followers at seasons end versus the beginning of 2015. We expect all these channels will continue to grow and the industry is well positioned to engage and monetize these digital channels as our fans (mirroring society-at-large) consume more content via these channels. Along with NASCAR, we closely monitor changes in the television and media broadcast environment including announcements in 2015 by Apple, Amazon (Fire TV), DishNetwork (Sling TV), HBO (HBO Now) and others regarding direct to consumer ('a la carte' or 'Over the Top') content offerings. This trend is expected to continue and view potential shifts in media consumption as positive for both the consumer and NASCAR, providing more rich and diverse ways to consume the NASCAR product and interact with our fans.

Sanctioning Bodies

Our success has been, and is expected to remain, dependent on maintaining good working relationships with the organizations that sanction events at our facilities, particularly with NASCAR, whose sanctioned events at our wholly owned facilities accounted for approximately 88.8 percent of our revenues in fiscal 2015. NASCAR continues to entertain and discuss proposals from track operators regarding potential realignment of their portfolio of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series dates to more geographically diverse and potentially more desirable markets where there may be greater demand, resulting in an opportunity for increased revenues to the track operators. We believe that realignments have provided, and will continue to provide, incremental net positive revenue and earnings as well as further enhance the sport's exposure in highly desirable markets, which we believe benefits the sport's fans, teams, sponsors and television broadcast partners as well as promoters.

On October 26, 2015, we entered into five year sanction agreements with NEM, an affiliate of NASCAR, for the promotion of the Company’s inventory of NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series events. In 2016, we will conduct the following events: 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series events, and 9 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events. Each Sanction Agreement is for a term of five years. Other than the term, the Sanction Agreements are substantially similar to those entered into in previous years. The Sanction Agreements contain annual increases of between three and four percent in media rights fees for each sanctioned event conducted, and provide a specific percentage of media rights fees to be paid to competitors. The Sanction Agreements also provide for annual increases in sanction fees and non-media rights related prize and point fund monies (to be paid to competitors) of approximately four percent annually over the term of the Sanction Agreements. NASCAR and NEM are controlled by members of the France Family Group which controls approximately 72.0 percent of the combined voting power of the outstanding stock of the Company, as of January 31, 2015, and some members of which serve as directors and officers of International Speedway Corporation. The Company strives to ensure, and management believes that, the terms of the Sanction Agreements are no less favorable to the Company than could be obtained in arms-length negotiation. Collectively, the media rights fees, sanction fees and non-media prize and point fund fees that we pay are referred to as NASCAR Event Management fees.

Merchandise Operations

In 2015, NASCAR and NASCAR Team Properties announced a 10-year agreement with Fanatics, to operate NASCAR’s entire at-track merchandise business and deliver fans an enhanced, experiential at-track shopping environment. As part of the agreement, Fanatics will be the exclusive retailer of NASCAR and driver merchandise at trackside for all 38 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. In addition, Fanatics also contracted with us for 10 years of exclusive retail merchandise rights for our track trademarks and certain other intellectual property at all of our tracks. The new trackside retail model operated by Fanatics will evolve from using solely haulers for each specific team or driver to displaying all merchandise in a superstore retail environment supported by, in instances, smaller satellite retail touch points around the track. The new model will provide a more personal and convenient shopping experience for race fans. We believe this improved trackside merchandise model, combined with an upgraded on-line and mobile experience, will better position us and the industry to maximize merchandise

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sales while delivering top quality experience to our fans. Consequently, our wholly owned subsidiaries, Americrown and MA, will no longer provide at track merchandise to fans at motorsports events and therefore will no longer recognize related revenues. Instead, we will receive a percentage of sales from Fanatics, recorded as part of Food, Beverage and Merchandise Revenue.

For fiscal 2015, the following occurred:


•	food, beverage and merchandise revenue and expense reduction of approximately $27.5 million and $22.0 million respectively


•	elimination of general and administrative expenses related to trackside merchandise operations of approximately $1.2 million; and


•	reduction in operating income of approximately $4.3 million related to this new merchandise business model.

Accounting rules require us to recognize revenue and expense related to the sale of approximately $6.4 million of merchandise inventory to Fanatics at cost, which has been included in the aforementioned fiscal 2015 results.

Going forward, we expect that the new merchandising model will continue to enhance the event experience for our fans and grow the operating margin contribution from the merchandise line of business. Comparable merchandise sales during 2015 utilizing the new superstore shopping model were approximately 10.0 percent greater than sales using the 'hauler' model employed historically, a positive trend we believe will continue as Fanatics further integrates.

Capital Improvements

Enhancing the live event experience for our guests is a key strategic pillar to drive future growth. We compete for the consumers' discretionary dollar with other entertainment options such as concerts and other major sporting events not just motorsports events. In addition, fans continue to demonstrate willingness to pay for more unique, immersive, and segmented experiences that cannot be duplicated at-home. Today's consumer wants improved traffic flow, comfortable and wider seating, clean and available restroom facilities, more points of sale, enhanced audio and visual engagement, social zones and greater connectivity. Providing these enhancements often requires capital reinvestment.

We are confident that our focus on driving incremental earnings by improving the fan experience leads to increased ticket sales and better ticket pricing power, growth in sponsorship and hospitality sales, solidifying prospects for longer-term growth in broadcast media rights fees agreements, and greater potential to capture market share. As such, ISC's Board of Directors endorsed a capital reinvestment plan for fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2017 not to exceed $600.0 million. The five-year capital reinvestment plan encompasses capital expenditures for ISC's 13 major sports facilities, including DAYTONA Rising (see "DAYTONA Rising: Reimagining an American Icon"), and commitments to undertake ONE DAYTONA (see "ONE DAYTONA"). We continue to elevate our Daytona brand to ensure that it remains the pinnacle of motorsports facilities, which will generate enhanced profitability and cash flow to the Company. In our five year reinvestment plan, we also allocate appropriate capital spending on other projects for maintenance, safety and regulatory requirements, and guest experience enhancements. We are confident that by continuing to deliver memorable guest experiences, attractive pricing and fantastic racing, we will generate increased revenues and bottom-line results.

While we focus on allocating our capital to generate returns in excess of our cost of capital, certain of our capital improvement investments may not provide immediate, directly traceable near term positive returns on invested capital but over the longer term will better enable us to effectively compete with other entertainment venues for consumer and corporate spending.

Growth Strategies

Our growth strategies also continuously explores ways to grow our businesses through acquisitions and external developments that offer attractive financial returns and leverage our core competencies. A prime example is our joint venture to develop and operate a Hollywood-themed and branded entertainment destination facility overlooking turn two of Kansas Speedway (see “Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway”).

The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway provides positive cash flow to us and positive equity income in our consolidated statement of operations for fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015. We expect for our 2016 fiscal year that our share of the cash flow from the casino's operations will be approximately $27.0 million to $28.0 million dollars.

We continue to pursue a mixed-use entertainment development named ONE DAYTONA, located on property we own located directly across from our Daytona motorsports entertainment facility (see “Liquidity and Capital Resources - ONE DAYTONA”).

We remain interested in pursuing further ancillary developments at certain of our other motorsports facilities which enhance our core business, are market-driven, and provide a prudent return on investment.

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Current Operations Comparison

The following table sets forth, for each of the indicated periods, certain selected statement of operations data as a percentage of total revenues:



	For the Year Ended
	2013		2014		2015
Revenues:
Admissions, net	21.2	%	19.9	%	20.2	%
Motorsports and other event related	69.5		66.5		70.0
Food, beverage and merchandise	7.2		11.2		7.3
Other	2.1		2.4		2.5
Total revenues	100.0		100.0		100.0
Expenses:
Direct:
NASCAR event management fees	26.0		25.0		26.0
Motorsports and other event related	20.6		19.7		20.3
Food, beverage and merchandise	5.4		8.9		6.0
General and administrative	17.1		16.7		17.3
Depreciation and amortization	15.3		13.9		14.7
Losses on retirements of long-lived assets	2.7		1.5		2.4
Total expenses	87.1		85.7		86.7
Operating income	12.9		14.3		13.3
Interest expense, net	(2.5	)	(1.1	)	(1.5	)
Other	—		0.8		0.1
Equity in net income from equity investments	1.5		1.4		2.2
Income before income taxes	11.9		15.4		14.1
Income taxes	4.5		5.1		5.3
Net income	7.4	%	10.3	%	8.8	%

Comparison of Fiscal 2015 to Fiscal 2014

The comparison of fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2014 is impacted by the following factors:


•	In the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we hosted the Phish Magnaball music festival at Watkins Glen, for which there was no comparable event in the prior year. Also in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we hosted the third annual Faster Horses music festival at Michigan.


•	During fiscal 2014, we received a favorable settlement relating to a legal judgment of litigation involving certain ancillary operations of approximately $0.6 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. There was no comparable activity during fiscal 2015.

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On January 31, 2014, SMI abandoned its interest and rights in our 50/50 partnership MA, consequently bringing our ownership of MA to 100.0 percent. MA's operations are included in our consolidated operations subsequent to the date of SMI's abandonment. Prior to January 31, 2014, MA was accounted for as an equity investment in our financial statements. As a result of SMI's abandonment of their interest in MA, we recorded other income of approximately $5.4 million representing the fair value of MA, over the carrying value, as of January 31, 2014. In addition we recognized tax benefits relating to MA of approximately $4.0 million for fiscal 2014 (see “Equity and Other Investments and "Income Taxes”). There was no comparable event in the same period of fiscal 2015;

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For fiscal 2015, we recognized revenue and expense related to merchandise operations of approximately $16.5 million and $12.3 million, respectively. Included in this amount are $5.1 million of commission from third party merchandise sales, predominately from Fanatics, non-recurring transactions of approximately $10.4 million, which includes approximately $6.4 million for inventory sold to Fanatics and $4.0 million of wholesale transactions by MA. These revenues drove a total of approximately $12.3 million in expense including product costs associated with the non-recurring transactions, non-recurring costs related to the transition of trackside merchandise operations to Fanatics, as well as partial period operating expenses incurred prior to the transition of Americrown and MA merchandise operations, for which there was no related revenue. This compares to fiscal 2014, where we recognized revenue and expense related to merchandise operations of approximately $44.1 million and $35.5 million, respectively, which

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included direct sales of trackside merchandise and excluded the partial period pre-consolidation operation of MA prior to SMI’s abandonment of its MA interest (see "Future Trends in Operating Results, Merchandise Operations");


•	In fiscal 2015, we recognized approximately $1.4 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, in marketing and consulting costs that are included in general and administrative expense related to DAYTONA Rising. During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $1.1 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, of similar costs;

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During fiscal 2015, we recognized approximately $6.8 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, of accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising and other projects. During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $11.1 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, of accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising and capacity management initiatives;

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In fiscal 2015, we recognized approximately $16.0 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, of losses associated with asset retirements of losses primarily attributable to demolition and/or asset relocation costs in connection with DAYTONA Rising, capacity management initiatives and other capital improvements. Included in these losses were approximately $12.5 million of expenditures related to demolition and/or asset relocation costs, the remaining charges were non-cash charges. During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $10.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, of similar charges, of which approximately $7.5 million of expenditures related to demolition and/or asset relocation costs, the remaining charges were non-cash, which included an impairment of a long-lived intangible asset related to MA, discussed above; and


•	During fiscal 2015, we capitalized approximately $6.0 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, of interest related to DAYTONA Rising. During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $7.2 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, of similar interest capitalization.

Fiscal 2015 admissions revenue of $130.2 million was comparable to fiscal 2014. Factors driving attendance increases and higher average ticket prices include:


•	Increases in attendance and admissions at the DAYTONA 500, Talladega, Martinsville, Auto Club Speedway, Darlington, Phoenix, Watkins Glen and Homestead;


•	Increased attendance and admissions for Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship events at Chicagoland and Talladega as well as sold out events for the Fall Phoenix and Homestead Sprint Cup races; and


•	Certain non-NASCAR events new to the Company’s event schedule in 2015.

Several factors contributed to attendance decreases which offset the noted increases, including:


•	The reduced number of seats available at Daytona for the July NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity series events as a result of the construction cycle related to DAYTONA Rising (see Liquidity and Capital Resources - DAYTONA Rising: Reimagining an American Icon);


•	Inclement weather and the threat of inclement weather during Speedweeks events preceding the DAYTONA 500;


•	Inclement weather impacting major events at Michigan, Richmond and Kansas; and


•	Other decreases in certain markets.

Motorsports and other event related revenue increased approximately $18.1 million, or 4.2 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014. The increase is largely attributable to increases in television broadcast revenue of approximately $11.6 million. Also contributing to the increase were advertising, hospitality and sponsorship revenues of approximately $4.2 million, other ancillary motorsports revenue totaling approximately $1.5 million, as well as the aforementioned music festivals totaling approximately $0.8 million.

Food, beverage and merchandise revenue decreased approximately $25.6 million, or 35.1 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014. The decrease is primarily due to the aforementioned transition of merchandise operations of approximately $27.5 million. Slightly offsetting the decrease were concession sales of approximately $1.8 million related to the aforementioned Phish Magnaball music festival held in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, for which there was no comparable event in fiscal 2014.

NASCAR event management fees increased by approximately $4.9 million, or 3.0 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014. The increase includes approximately $3.0 million attributable to increases in television broadcast rights fees, for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series events held during the period as standard NASCAR sanctioning agreements require a specific percentage of television broadcast rights fees to be paid to competitors. The remaining increase is attributable to higher contracted NEM fees.

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Motorsports and other event related expense increased by approximately $2.9 million, or 2.2 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014. The increase is primarily due to personnel related expenses, incremental costs for certain events largely driven by inclement weather, as well as other purchased services. Motorsports and other event related expenses as a percentage of combined admissions and motorsports and other event related revenue remained consistent at approximately 22.5 percent for fiscal 2015, as compared to 22.8 percent for the same period in the prior year.

Food, beverage and merchandise expense decreased approximately $19.8 million, or 34.0 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014. The decrease is predominately attributable to the aforementioned transition of merchandise operations of approximately $22.0 million. Slightly offsetting the decrease were concession related expenses of approximately $1.6 million attributed to the aforementioned Phish Magnaball music festival held in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, for which there was no comparable event in fiscal 2014. In addition, motorsports related concessions and catering yielded an increase of approximately $0.6 million. Food, beverage and merchandise expense as a percentage of food, beverage and merchandise revenue increased to approximately 81.4 percent for fiscal 2015, as compared to 79.9 percent for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in margin is primarily a result of the aforementioned transition in merchandising operations, however, excluding this activity, food, beverage and merchandise expense as a percentage of food, beverage and merchandise sales decreased compared to the same period in 2014 due to increased catering revenues driven by an approximate 3.0 percent increase in prices, slightly offset by increased spoilage due to inclement weather affecting certain events.

General and administrative expense increased approximately $3.1 million, or 2.8 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014, due to approximately $3.6 million of certain administrative costs and ancillary facility operations, as well as a net decrease to our general liability insurance reserve in the prior year period of approximately $1.1 million, for which there is no comparable reduction in the current period. Slightly offsetting the increase was approximately $0.9 million of costs related to real and tangible property taxes and $0.7 million of non-recurring costs related to the aforementioned transition in merchandising operations. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased slightly to approximately 17.3 percent for fiscal 2015, as compared to 16.7 percent for fiscal 2014. The margin decrease for the period is primarily due one-time, non-recurring administrative costs related to DAYTONA Rising and to adjustments in our general liability insurance reserves in the 2014 period.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased approximately $4.4 million, or 4.8 percent, in fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014. Approximately $11.9 million of the increase relates to new assets placed in service associated with DAYTONA Rising, and approximately$5.5 million is attributable to the continued shortening of the service lives of certain assets that will eventually be retired associated with DAYTONA Rising. Also contributing to the increase is approximately $1.3 million attributable to the shortening of service lives of certain assets associated with the repaving of Watkins Glen. Offsetting these increases are approximately $14.3 million related to assets that have been fully depreciated, or removed from service.

Losses on retirements of long-lived assets of approximately $16.0 million during fiscal 2015 is primarily due to demolition costs in connection with DAYTONA Rising and other capital improvements.

Interest income during fiscal 2015 decreased approximately $2.0 million as compared to fiscal 2014. The decrease is predominately due to a settlement reached in fiscal 2014 related to prior years interest associated with a long-term receivable. There was no comparable event in fiscal 2015.

Interest expense increased approximately $0.4 million, or 4.4 percent, in fiscal 2015, as compared to fiscal 2014. The increase was predominately due to slightly lower capitalized interest associated with DAYTONA Rising.

Equity in net income from equity investments in fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively, represents our 50.0 percent equity investments in Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway (see “Equity and Other Investments”).

Our effective income tax rate increased from approximately 33.0 percent to approximately 37.7 percent during fiscal 2015 compared to fiscal 2014 (see “Income Taxes”).

As a result of the foregoing, net income decreased approximately $10.7 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for fiscal 2015 as compared to fiscal 2014.

Comparison of Fiscal 2014 to Fiscal 2013

The comparison of fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2013 is impacted by the following factors:


•	Drag racing events were held at Auto Club Speedway in fiscal 2014 that were not held in fiscal 2013;


•	The second annual Faster Horses music festival held during the third quarter of fiscal 2014 includes consolidation of concessions revenue and expense as compared to similar services provided by a third party for this event held the same period in fiscal 2013;

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On January 31, 2014, SMI abandoned its interest and rights in MA, consequently bringing our ownership of MA to 100.0 percent. MA's operations are included in our consolidated operations subsequent to the date of SMI's abandonment. Prior to January 31, 2014, MA was accounted for as an equity investment in our financial statements. As a result of SMI's abandonment of their interest in MA, we recorded other income of approximately $5.4 million representing the fair value of MA, over the carrying value, as of January 31, 2014. In addition we recognized tax benefits relating to MA of approximately $4.0 million for fiscal 2014 (see “Equity and Other Investments” and “Income Taxes”). In addition, we recognized an impairment of a long-lived intangible asset, related to MA, of approximately $0.6 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. There was no comparable item in the same period of fiscal 2013;


•	During fiscal 2013, we expensed approximately $2.8 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, of certain ongoing carrying costs related to our Staten Island property. There were no comparable costs in the same periods of fiscal 2014;


•	During fiscal 2014, we received a favorable settlement relating to a legal judgment of litigation involving certain ancillary operations of approximately $0.6 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. During fiscal 2013, we recognized a charge relating to a settlement of a litigation involving certain ancillary facility operations of approximately $0.5 million;


•	In fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $1.1 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, in marketing and consulting costs that are included in general and administrative expense related to DAYTONA Rising. During fiscal 2013, we recognized approximately $1.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, of similar costs;

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During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $11.1 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, of accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising. During fiscal 2013, we recognized approximately $15.4 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, of accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising and capacity management initiatives;

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In fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $10.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, of losses associated with asset retirements of losses primarily attributable to demolition and/or asset relocation costs in connection with DAYTONA Rising, capacity management initiatives and other capital improvements. Included in these losses were approximately $7.5 million of expenditures related to demolition and/or asset relocation costs, the remaining charges were non-cash, which included an impairment of a long-lived intangible asset related to MA, discussed above. During fiscal 2013, we recognized approximately $16.6 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, of similar charges, of which approximately $6.6 million of expenditures related to demolition and/or asset relocation costs, the remaining charges were non-cash;


•	During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $7.2 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, in capitalized interest related to DAYTONA Rising. During fiscal 2013, we recognized approximately $0.8 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, of similar capitalized interest; and


•	During fiscal 2014, we recognized approximately $8.9 million of income from equity investments associated with our Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway. During fiscal 2013, we recognized income of approximately $9.4 million from this equity investment, which included a $1.1 million credit for previously paid property taxes related to resolution of amounts under appeal.

Fiscal 2014 admissions revenue of $129.7 million was comparable to fiscal 2013. Factors driving attendance increases and higher average ticket prices include:


•	A schedule change for the Spring Cup event at Kansas featuring the first running of this event in the evening under the facility’s lights;


•	IMSA and Sprint Cup events at Watkins Glen;


•	Increased attendance for Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship events at Martinsville and Talladega as well as sold out events for the Fall Phoenix and Homestead Sprint Cup races; and


•	Certain non-NASCAR events new to the Company’s event schedule in 2014.

Several factors contributed to attendance decreases which offset the noted increases, including:


•	Inclement weather and the threat of inclement weather during Speedweeks, resulting in a six hour rain delay for the DAYTONA 500;


•	Inclement weather resulting in postponement of the July Coke Zero 400 at Daytona to the following day;


•	Inclement weather impacting major events at Richmond and Martinsville;


•	Moving the Budweiser Duel during Speedweeks at Daytona from its historical Thursday afternoon schedule to an early evening time slot; and


•	Other decreases in certain markets.

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Motorsports related revenue increased approximately $8.2 million, or 1.9 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The increase is largely attributable to increases in television broadcast revenue of approximately $12.1 million. Also contributing to the increase were increased hospitality revenues of approximately $1.5 million, as well as the aforementioned drag race events held at Auto Club Speedway totaling approximately $1.0 million. Partially offsetting the increase was lower MRN advertising and Sprint Vision revenues of approximately $2.5 million, as well as decreased sponsorship revenues of approximately $2.2 million, and an adjustment in the 2013 first quarter to increase the ancillary rights fees attributable to fiscal 2012, of approximately $1.7 million, with no comparable adjustment in fiscal 2014.

Food, beverage and merchandise revenue increased approximately $28.8 million, or 65.5 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The increase is predominately due to the aforementioned consolidation of MA, of approximately $25.7 million. Also contributing to the increase were concession sales of approximately $1.1 million related to the aforementioned non-motorsports event held in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, for which there was no comparable event in fiscal 2013.

NASCAR event management fees increased by approximately $3.6 million, or 2.3 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The increases are primarily due to increases in television broadcast rights fees for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series events held during the period as standard NASCAR sanctioning agreements require a specific percentage of television broadcast rights fees to be paid to competitors.

Motorsports related expense increased by approximately $2.3 million, or 1.8 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The increase is primarily due to personnel related expenses, incremental costs for certain events largely driven by inclement weather, and the aforementioned events held in fiscal 2014 for which there were no comparable events in fiscal 2013, as well as advertising costs. Partially offsetting the increase were decreases in net purchased services of approximately $0.1 million. Motorsports related expenses as a percentage of combined admissions and motorsports related revenue remained consistent at approximately 22.8 percent for fiscal 2014, as compared to 22.7 percent for the same period in the prior year.

Food, beverage and merchandise expense increased approximately $25.1 million, or 75.8 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The increase is predominately attributable to the aforementioned consolidation of MA which increased related expenses by approximately $21.4 million. Also contributing to the increase were increased catering and merchandise sales, as well as concession sales related to the aforementioned non-motorsports event held in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, for which there was no comparable event in fiscal 2013. Food, beverage and merchandise expense as a percentage of food, beverage and merchandise revenue increased to approximately 79.9 percent for fiscal 2014, as compared to 75.3 percent for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in margin is primarily a result of the aforementioned consolidation of MA and the aforementioned non-motorsports event. Excluding MA and the non-motorsports event, food, beverage and merchandise expense as a percentage of food, beverage and merchandise revenue is comparable to the same periods in 2013.

General and administrative expense increased approximately $3.6 million, or 3.5 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The increase is predominately due to certain administrative costs and ancillary facility operations, totaling approximately $7.9 million, of which approximately $2.5 million was related to MA. Partially offsetting the increase was certain ongoing carrying costs related to our Staten Island property, of approximately $2.8 million, that occurred in fiscal 2013, for which there were no comparable costs in the same period of fiscal 2014. Also contributing to offsetting the increase was a net decrease to our general liability reserve of approximately $1.5 million, due to certain claims not reaching their full exposure, as was estimated, prior to being resolved. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues decreased negligibly to approximately 16.7 percent for fiscal 2014, as compared to 17.1 percent for fiscal 2013. The margin improvement was predominately due to the aforementioned adjustments in our general liability insurance reserves in the 2014 period as well as carrying costs related to our Staten Island property

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased approximately $3.6 million, or 3.9 percent, in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. The decrease was primarily attributable to the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising and grandstand seating at Talladega and Richmond whose lives were reduced in the fiscal 2013 period and became fully depreciated in the same period of fiscal 2014. Partially offsetting the decrease are new assets going into service, predominately associated with DAYTONA Rising.

Losses on retirements of long-lived assets of approximately $10.1 million during fiscal 2014 is primarily attributable to demolition costs in connection with DAYTONA Rising, capacity management initiatives and other capital improvements. The losses on retirements of long-lived assets of approximately $16.6 million in fiscal 2013 is primarily attributable to the removal of certain assets not fully depreciated in connection with DAYTONA Rising and grandstand seating at Talladega, as well as guest enhancements at our other facilities.

Interest income during fiscal 2014 increased approximately $2.0 million as compared to fiscal 2013. The increase is predominately due to a settlement reached in fiscal 2014 related to prior years interest associated with a long-term receivable.

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Interest expense decreased approximately $6.0 million, or 39.7 percent, in fiscal 2014, as compared to fiscal 2013. The decrease was predominately due to higher capitalized interest associated with DAYTONA Rising.

Equity in net income from equity investments in fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively, represents our 50.0 percent equity investments in Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway (see “Equity and Other Investments”). We did not recognize any net income or loss from our equity investment in MA in fiscal 2014 or in fiscal 2013 (see “Equity and Other Investments”).

Our effective income tax rate decreased from approximately 38.0 percent to approximately 33.0 percent during fiscal 2014 compared to fiscal 2013 (see “Income Taxes”).

As a result of the foregoing, net income increased approximately $22.1 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

We have historically generated sufficient cash flow from operations to fund our working capital needs, capital expenditures at existing facilities, and return of capital through payments of an annual cash dividend and repurchase of our shares under our Stock Purchase Plan. In addition, we have used the proceeds from offerings of our Class A Common Stock, the net proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, borrowings under our credit facilities and state and local mechanisms to fund acquisitions and development projects. The following table sets forth certain selected financial information as of November 30, (in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015
Cash and cash equivalents	$	172,827	$	158,847	$	160,548
Working capital	153,780		110,783		146,581
Total debt	274,487		271,746		268,372

At November 30, 2015, our working capital was primarily supported by our cash and cash equivalents totaling approximately $160.5 million. The increase in working capital at November 30, 2015, as compared to the prior period, is predominantly attributable to the note receivable from Marine Development, which is due in March 2016, which was classified as a long-term asset in the prior year (see discussion in "Staten Island Property"). Significant cash flow items during fiscal the fiscal years ended November 30 are as follows (in thousands):



	2013			2014			2015
Net cash provided by operating activities ⁽¹⁾	$	173,395		$	162,847		$	151,987
Capital expenditures ⁽²⁾	(85,539		)	(183,936		)	(155,016		)
Distribution from equity investee and affiliate ⁽³⁾	21,500			22,000			32,050
Proceeds from sale of Staten Island property ⁽⁴⁾	5,322			11,187			4,648
Equity investments and advances to affiliate ⁽⁵⁾	—			(1,322		)	—
Net proceeds (payments) related to long-term debt	(2,513		)	(2,807		)	(3,437		)
Dividends paid and reacquisitions of previously issued common stock	(10,488		)	(11,504		)	(13,111		)

(1) Variances in net cash provided by operating activities were predominately due to the amount and timing of cash payments for income taxes (see "Income Taxes")

(2) Activity in capital expenditures is predominately due to DAYTONA Rising (see "Capital Expenditures")

(3) Distributions from equity investee and affiliates, consist of amounts received as distribution from their profits and returns of capital as detailed in our statement of cash flows

(4) Proceeds from sale of Staten Island property consist of interest and principle amounts received as detailed in our statement of cash flows

(5) Amounts relate to Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway (see “Equity and Other Investments”) and ONE DAYTONA (see "ONE DAYTONA"), respectively

Our liquidity is primarily generated from our ongoing motorsports operations, and we expect our strong operating cash flow to continue in the future. In addition, as of November 30, 2015, we have approximately $296.0 million available to draw upon

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under our 2012 Credit Facility, if needed. See “Future Liquidity” for additional disclosures relating to our credit facility and certain risks that may affect our near term operating results and liquidity.

Allocation of capital is driven by our long-term strategic planning and initiatives that encompass our mission, vision and values. Our primary uses of capital are to maintain modest debt levels that are consistent with our current investment grade debt rating from Standard and Poor’s. We will invest in our facilities to improve the guest experience and we will make investments in strategic projects that complement our core business and provide value for our shareholders, all of which is balanced with returning capital to our shareholders through share repurchases and dividends.

Capital Allocation

We have established a long-term capital allocation plan to ensure it generates sufficient cash flow from operations to fund our working capital needs, capital expenditures at existing facilities, and return of capital through payments of an annual cash dividend and repurchase of our shares under our Stock Purchase Plan. In addition, we have used the proceeds from offerings of our Class A Common Stock, the net proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, borrowings under our credit facilities and state and local mechanisms to fund acquisitions and development projects.

The current capital allocation plan contemplates the following:

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Capital expenditures remaining under the existing $600.0 million capital expenditure plan adopted by our Board of Directors in June 2013, totals approximately $170.0 million for fiscal 2016 and 2017, consisting of remaining payments to contractors for the completion of DAYTONA Rising and certain planned capital projects at our remaining 12 motorsports facilities (see "Capital Spending"). This plan will be evaluated during 2016 and refined to include years subsequent to 2017 based on business requirements;

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Additional capital expenditures related to phase I of the ONE DAYTONA project, should it proceed, will be approximately $120.0 million to $150.0 million in fiscal 2016 through 2017. Sources of funds will include, in addition to borrowings on our 2012 Credit Facility, the public incentives discussed below and land to be contributed to the project. Additional guidance will be provided as the project moves toward groundbreaking; and

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Returning capital to shareholders is an important component of the overall capital allocation strategy. At this time, we are targeting a total payout of approximately $50.0 million in fiscal 2016 through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. This compares to approximately $10.2 million, $11.2 million and $12.1 million in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. To facilitate our 2016 plan, during the upcoming open trading window we will request special committee of our Board of Directors to revise parameters under our Rule 10b-5 open market share repurchase program. The objective of the revised parameters is to buy back shares on an opportunistic, but consistent, basis in 2016. The open market program currently has $61.7 million remaining under the total $330.0 million authorization. We will review our return of capital programs and make adjustments, if necessary, on a quarterly basis.

In addition to sources of working capital and available borrowings, our ability to execute our capital allocation plans are supported by the following:

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Federal tax legislation passed in December 2015 provides for extension of 7-year depreciation for tax purposes on certain assets placed in service during fiscal 2015 through 2016, and bonus depreciation on capital expenditures placed in service 2015 through 2019. While the tax legislation does not impact the Company’s overall tax liability, it does impact the timing of the annual payment of cash taxes. Cash taxes paid for federal and state taxes in fiscal 2014 and 2015 were approximately $51.3 million and $45.0 million, respectively. As a result of this legislation, which was passed subsequent the Company’s fiscal 2015 year-end, but retroactive for all assets placed in service during 2015, we currently estimate a net cash tax refund for fiscal 2016 between approximately $10.0 million to $15.0 million, primarily attributable to depreciation for assets placed in service related to DAYTONA Rising, and cash tax payments for fiscal 2017 between approximately $55.0 million to $60.0 million;


•	Anticipated receipt of final payment of approximately $66.4 million, plus interest, from the outstanding note related to the sale of our Staten Island property;

The aforementioned represents certain components of the Company’s capital allocation plan for 2016. This capital allocation plan is reviewed annually, or more frequently, if necessary, based on changes in business conditions.

Capital Expenditures

As discussed in “Future Trends in Operating Results,” an important strategy for our future growth will come from investing in our major motorsports facilities to enhance the live event experience and better enable us to effectively compete with other entertainment venues for consumer and corporate spending.

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In June 2013, ISC's board of directors endorsed a capital allocation plan for fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2017 to not exceed $600.0 million in capital expenditures over that period. The five-year capital expenditure plan encompasses all capital expenditures, excluding capitalized interest, for ISC's 13 major motorsports facilities, including approximately $400.0 million for DAYTONA Rising.

Capital expenditures for projects at existing facilities, including those related to DAYTONA Rising, was approximately $155.0 million for ISC's 2015 fiscal year. In comparison, the Company spent approximately $183.9 million on capital expenditures for projects at its existing facilities in fiscal 2014. Remaining capital expenditures associated with the $600.0 million capital expenditure plan will total approximately $170.0 million for fiscal 2016 and 2017, of which approximately $67.2 million related to the timing of remaining construction payments associated with the completion of DAYTONA Rising in January 2016.

We review the capital expenditure program periodically and modify it as required to meet current business needs.

Future Liquidity

General

As discussed in “Future Trends in Operating Results,” we compete for discretionary spending and leisure time with many other entertainment alternatives and are subject to factors that generally affect the recreation, leisure and sports industry, including general economic conditions. Our operations are also sensitive to factors that affect corporate budgets. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, employment levels, business conditions, interest and taxation rates, relative commodity prices, and changes in consumer tastes and spending habits. These factors may negatively impact year-over-year comparability for our revenue categories for the full year, with the exception of domestic broadcast media rights fees. While we are sustaining the significant cost reductions implemented subsequent to the unprecedented adverse economic conditions that began in 2008, we do not expect further significant cost reductions.

Our cash flow from operations consists primarily of ticket, hospitality, merchandise, catering and concession sales and contracted revenues arising from television broadcast rights and marketing partnerships. We believe that cash flows from operations, along with existing cash, cash equivalents and available borrowings under our credit facility, will be sufficient to fund:


•	operations of our major motorsports facilities for the foreseeable future;


•	the previously discussed five-year capital expenditures plan at our existing facilities, which includes DAYTONA Rising, as well as any future fan and competitor safety, critical maintenance and regulatory compliance spending;


•	additional capital expenditures related to phase I of the ONE DAYTONA project;


•	payments required in connection with the funding of the Unified Government's debt service requirements related to the TIF bonds;


•	payments related to our existing debt service commitments;


•	contributions in connection with any future expansion of the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway; and


•	our annual dividend payment and share repurchases under our Stock Purchase Plan.

We remain interested in pursuing acquisition and/or development opportunities that would increase shareholder value, of which the timing, size, success and associated potential capital commitments, are unknown at this time. Accordingly, a material acceleration of our growth strategy could require us to obtain additional capital through debt and/or equity financings. Although there can be no assurance, we believe that adequate debt and equity financing will be available on satisfactory terms.

While we expect our strong operating cash flow to continue in the future, our financial results depend significantly on a number of factors. In addition to local, national, and global economic and financial market conditions, consumer and corporate spending could be adversely affected by security and other lifestyle conditions resulting in lower than expected future operating cash flows. General economic conditions may be significantly and negatively impacted by global events such as terrorist attacks, prospects of war, or global economic uncertainty. Any future attacks or wars or related threats could also increase our expenses related to insurance, security or other related matters. Also, our financial results could be adversely impacted by a widespread outbreak of a severe epidemiological crisis. The items discussed above could have a singular or compounded material adverse effect on our financial success and future cash flow.

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Long-Term Obligations and Commitments

Our $65.0 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes (“4.63 percent Senior Notes”) bear interest at 4.63 percent and are due January 2021, require semi-annual interest payments on January 18 and July 18 through their maturity. The 4.63 percent Senior Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part, at our option, at any time or from time to time at redemption prices as defined in the indenture. Certain of our wholly owned domestic subsidiaries are guarantors of the 4.63 percent Senior Notes. Certain restrictive covenants of the 4.63 percent Senior Notes require that the Company's ratio of its Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to its Consolidated EBITDA ("leverage ratio") does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0, and its Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense ("interest coverage ratio") is not less than 2.0 to 1.0. In addition the Company may not permit the aggregate of certain Priority Debt to exceed 15.0 percent of its Consolidated Net Worth. The 4.63 percent Senior Notes contain various other affirmative and negative restrictive covenants including, among others, limitations on liens, sales of assets, mergers and consolidations and certain transactions with affiliates. As of November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its various restrictive covenants. At November 30, 2015, outstanding principal on the 4.63 percent Senior Notes was approximately $65.0 million.

Our $100.0 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes (“3.95 percent Senior Notes”) bear interest at 3.95 percent and are due September 2024. The 3.95 percent Senior Notes require semi-annual interest payments on March 13 and September 13 through their maturity. The 3.95 percent Senior Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part, at our option, at any time or from time to time at redemption prices as defined in the indenture. Certain of our wholly owned domestic subsidiaries are guarantors of the 3.95 percent Senior Notes. Certain restrictive covenants of the 3.95 percent Senior Notes require that the Company's leverage ratio does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0, and its interest coverage ratio is not less than 2.0 to 1.0. In addition the Company may not permit the aggregate of certain Priority Debt to exceed 15.0 percent of its Consolidated Net Worth. The 3.95 percent Senior Notes contain various other affirmative and negative restrictive covenants including, among others, limitations on liens, sales of assets, mergers and consolidations and certain transactions with affiliates. As of November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its various restrictive covenants. At November 30, 2015, outstanding principal on the 3.95 percent Senior Notes was approximately $100.0 million.

The term loan (“6.25 percent Term Loan”), related to our International Motorsports Center, has a 25 year term due October 2034, an interest rate of 6.25 percent, and a current monthly payment of approximately $323,000 principal and interest. At November 30, 2015, the outstanding principal on the 6.25 percent Term Loan was approximately $48.7 million.

At November 30, 2015, outstanding TIF bonds totaled approximately $54.6 million, net of the unamortized discount, which is comprised of a $5.4 million principal amount, 6.15 percent term bond due December 1, 2017 and a $49.7 million principal amount, 6.75 percent term bond due December 1, 2027. The TIF bonds are repaid by the Unified Government with payments made in lieu of property taxes (“Funding Commitment”) by our wholly owned subsidiary, Kansas Speedway Corporation (“KSC”). Principal (mandatory redemption) payments per the Funding Commitment are payable by KSC on October 1 of each year. The semi-annual interest component of the Funding Commitment is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year. KSC granted a mortgage and security interest in the Kansas project for its Funding Commitment obligation.

In October 2002, the Unified Government issued subordinate sales tax special obligation revenue bonds (“2002 STAR Bonds”) totaling approximately $6.3 million to reimburse us for certain construction already completed on the second phase of the Kansas Speedway project and to fund certain additional construction. The 2002 STAR Bonds, which require annual debt service payments and are due December 1, 2022, will be retired with state and local taxes generated within the Kansas Speedway’s boundaries and are not our obligation. KSC has agreed to guarantee the payment of principal, any required premium and interest on the 2002 STAR Bonds. At November 30, 2015, the Unified Government had approximately $1.2 million in 2002 STAR Bonds outstanding. Under a keepwell agreement, we have agreed to provide financial assistance to KSC, if necessary, to support its guarantee of the 2002 STAR Bonds.

The 2012 Credit Facility contains a feature that allows us to increase the credit facility from $300.0 million to a total of $500.0 million, subject to certain conditions, provides for separate sub-limits of $25.0 million for standby letters of credit and $10.0 million for swing line loans. The 2012 Credit Facility is scheduled to mature in November 2017. Interest accrues, at the Company's option, at either LIBOR plus 100.0 — 162.5 basis points or a base rate loan at the highest of i) Wells Fargo Bank's prime lending rate, ii) the Federal Funds rate, as in effect from time to time, plus 0.5 percent, and iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 percent. The 2012 Credit Facility also contains a commitment fee ranging from 0.125 percent to 0.225 percent of unused amounts available for borrowing. The interest rate margin on the LIBOR borrowings and commitment fee are variable depending on the better of the Company's debt rating as determined by specified rating agencies or its leverage ratio. Certain of the Company's wholly owned domestic subsidiaries are guarantors on the 2012 Credit Facility. The 2012 Credit Facility requires that the Company's leverage ratio does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0 (4.0 to 1.0 for the four quarters ending after any Permitted Acquisition), and its interest coverage ratio is not less than 2.5 to 1.0. The 2012 Credit Facility also contains various other affirmative and negative restrictive covenants including, among others, limitations on indebtedness, investments, sales of assets, certain transactions with affiliates, entering into certain restrictive agreements and making certain restricted payments as

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detailed in the agreement. As of November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its various restrictive covenants. At November 30, 2015, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the 2012 Credit Facility.

At November 30, 2015 we had contractual cash obligations to repay debt and to make payments under operating agreements, leases and commercial commitments in the form of guarantees and unused lines of credit. Payments due under these long-term obligations are as follows as of November 30, 2015 (in thousands):



			Obligations Due by Period
	Total		Less Than One Year		2-3 Years		4-5 Years		After 5 Years
Long-term debt	$	268,826	$	3,408	$	7,829	$	9,848	$	247,741
Interest	115,821		13,668		26,680		25,588		49,885
Motorsports entertainment facility operating agreement	18,120		1,152		2,110		2,110		12,748
Other operating leases	45,063		4,788		6,253		2,807		31,215
Total Contractual Cash Obligations	$	447,830	$	23,016	$	42,872	$	40,353	$	341,589

Commercial commitment expirations are as follows as of November 30, 2015 (in thousands):



			Commitment Expiration by Period
	Total		Less Than One Year		2-3 Years		4-5 Years		After 5 Years
Guarantees	$	1,200	$	260	$	355	$	215	$	370
Unused credit facilities	300,000		—		300,000		—		—
Total Commercial Commitments	$	301,200	$	260	$	300,355	$	215	$	370

DAYTONA Rising: Reimagining an American Icon

DAYTONA Rising is the redevelopment of the frontstretch at Daytona, ISC's 56-year-old flagship motorsports facility, to enhance the event experience for our fans, marketing partners, broadcasters and the motorsports industry. We continue to anticipate DAYTONA Rising to cost approximately $400.0 million, excluding capitalized interest, which we expect to fund from cash on hand, cash from our operations.

As part of DAYTONA Rising, we entered into a Design-Build Agreement with Barton Malow Company (“Barton Malow”), which obligates us to pay Barton Malow approximately $316.0 million for the completion of the work described in the Design-Build Agreement. The amount is a stipulated sum to be paid for the work, which may not change unless we request a change in the scope of work. The Design-Build Agreement contains certain provisions and representations usual and customary for agreements of this type, including, among others, provisions regarding liquidated damages to be assessed for work that is not completed according to the agreed upon schedule, provisions regarding payment schedules, and provisions regarding bonding and liability insurance policies applicable to the work. In addition, the Design-Build Agreement contains customary provisions regarding termination, review and inspection of the work, warranties and the use of subcontractors.

On January 12, 2016, we received our temporary certificate of occupancy which allows us to begin moving into the facility and fully prepare for the upcoming race season. The world’s first motorsports stadium will be ready for its debut later this month at the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA Weekend.

The vision for DAYTONA Rising places an emphasis on enhancing the complete fan experience, beginning with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances, or injectors. Each injector will lead directly to a series of escalators and elevators that will transport fans to any of three different concourse levels, each featuring spacious and strategically-placed social "neighborhoods" along the nearly mile-long frontstretch.

A total of 11 neighborhoods, each measuring the size of a football field, will enable fans to meet and socialize during events without missing any on-track action, thanks to dozens of strategically-placed video screens in every neighborhood. The central neighborhood, dubbed the "World Center of Racing," features open sight-lines enabling fans to catch all the on-track action while celebrating the history of Daytona International Speedway and its many unforgettable moments throughout more than 50 years of racing.

Every seat in Daytona's frontstretch will be replaced with wider, more comfortable seating that will provide pristine sight-lines. There will also be twice as many restrooms and three times as many concessions throughout the facility. During Budweiser Speedweeks 2015, fans experienced some of DAYTONA Rising’s new amenities including first-ever vertical transportation,

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approximately 40,000 new seats on the frontstretch near Turn 1, and new concessions and restrooms. For the 2015 Coke Zero 400 in July, we opened an additional 10,000 new seats and supporting amenities in Turn 4.

In addition to improving the overall fan experience, the corporate entertainment platform at Daytona will be completely transformed. Corporate hospitality will be moved into permanent structures inside the new stadium, providing premier facilities for entertaining throughout our events. Over 60 new trackside corporate suites will provide our premium guests with breathtaking views and first-class amenities befitting the “World Center of Racing.”

Since commencement of construction, four Founding Partners have been announced:


•	Toyota;


•	Florida Hospital;


•	Chevrolet; and


•	Sunoco.

With each partnerships extending over 10 years, the Founding partners receive sponsorship rights for a dedicated injector, as well as approximately 20,000 square feet of innovative fan engagement space that will enhance the overall guest experience, and nearly 50,000 square feet of interior and exterior branding space.

In addition to the four Founding Partners, we have entered into many additional corporate partnerships including:


•	NextEra Energy Resources - includes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race entitlement, extends our renewable energy credit purchases designed to off-set the Speedway’s carbon footprint and, with the newly signed agreement with NextEra Energy and Florida Power & Light, adds three new on-site solar arrays;


•	Rolex - extends the iconic Rolex brand’s role as the title sponsor of the annual Rolex 24 At DAYTONA sports car race and Official Timepiece of Daytona International Speedway and receive naming rights for the new DAYTONA Rising frontstretch lounge and suite level as well as enhanced branding opportunities throughout the redeveloped Speedway;

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Fifth Third Bank - will become the official bank of the “World Center of Racing” and will integrate its ATMs into the redeveloped Speedway beginning in 2016, provide Fifth Third Bank with fan engagement and corporate hospitality opportunities for entertaining guests at the Speedway, the ability to use certain marks and logos in Fifth Third Bank promotions, and serve as an official partner of the DAYTONA 500 and the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola;


•	BRP - title sponsor for the 150-mile qualifying races for the DAYTONA 500, Can-Am Duel At Daytona, which finalizes the starting lineup for the DAYTONA 500; and


•	PowerShares QQQ - the multi-year partnership will serve as the title sponsor for the NASCAR XFINITY Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway, a 120-lap, 300-mile race which will be known as the PowerShares QQQ 300.

We expect that by providing our fans with a better experience as well as an expansive platform for our marketing partners, including an elevated hospitality experience, DAYTONA Rising, upon completion in 2016, is expected to provide an immediate incremental lift in Daytona's revenues of approximately $20.0 million, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA”) lift of approximately $15.0 million, approximately $2.1 million of which was recognized in fiscal 2015, with a mid-single-digit growth rate. We also currently anticipate the project to be accretive to our net income per share within three years of completion. While these forward-looking amounts are management’s projections and we believe they are reasonable, our actual results may vary from these estimates due to unanticipated changes in projected attendance, lower than expected ticket prices, and/or lower than forecasted corporate sponsorships. We do not know whether these expectations will ultimately prove correct and actual revenues and operating results may differ materially from these estimates.

Despite not anticipating the need for additional long-term debt to fund this project, accounting rules dictate that we capitalize a portion of the interest on existing outstanding debt during the construction period. Through November 30, 2015, we recorded approximately $14.0 million of capitalized interest associated with the DAYTONA Rising project since inception.

Total spending incurred, exclusive of capitalized interest, relating to DAYTONA Rising was approximately$120.1 million for fiscal 2015, and is approximately $332.8 million since the inception of the project. We have identified existing assets that are expected to be impacted by the redevelopment and that those assets required accelerated depreciation, certain removal costs and losses on asset retirements, over the approximate 31-month project time span. During fiscal 2015, we recognized accelerated depreciation, certain removal costs and losses on retirements of assets totaling approximately $17.4 million, with a total of approximately $45.4 million recognized since the inception of the project.

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In addition, our depreciation expense, related directly to DAYTONA Rising, increased incrementally by approximately $11.9 million in fiscal 2015, and is expected to increase an additional $15.0 million to $16.0 million in fiscal 2016. The incremental increase in depreciation expense for fiscal 2015 is based on the opening of approximately forty percent of the new stadium's seating capacity for Budweiser Speedweeks 2015 and an additional approximate ten percent of the new stadium's seating capacity for the 2015 Coke Zero 400.

As a result, our total depreciation expense for fiscal 2015 is approximately $94.7 million, and is estimated to be between approximately $100.0 million to $105.0 million annually, in fiscal 2016, and then decreasing, to approximately $90.0 million to $100.0 million beginning in fiscal 2019.

In June 2014, House Bill 7095 was signed in Florida creating the Florida Sports Development Program, establishing a process for distributing state tax revenue for the construction or improvement of professional sports facilities. The DAYTONA Rising project was among the eligible applicants to receive sales tax incentives based on the project’s capital investment and amount of sales tax generated by the facility. In 2014, we filed our application and received approval from the state's Department of Economic Opportunity. Allocation of funds for the approved applications was not considered during the 2015 session of the Florida Legislature. We have re-submitted a detailed and thorough sports incentive application to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for consideration and will continue to pursue all options to ensure the successful outcome of this process.

ONE DAYTONA

Since June 2013, we have pursued development of ONE DAYTONA, the proposed premier mixed use and entertainment destination across from Daytona International Speedway.

We have approved land use entitlements for ONE DAYTONA to allow for up to 1.4 million square feet of retail/dining/entertainment, 2,500 seats in a movie theater, 660 hotel rooms, 1,350 units of residential, 567,000 square feet of additional office space and 500,000 square feet of commercial/industrial space.

A Community Development District ("CDD") has been established for the purpose of installing and maintaining public infrastructure at ONE DAYTONA. The CDD is a local, special purpose government framework authorized by Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes for managing and financing infrastructure to support community development.

The CDD has negotiated agreements with the City of Daytona Beach and Volusia County for a total of $40.0 million in incentives to finance a portion of the estimated $53.0 million in infrastructure required to move forward with the ONE DAYTONA project. We are currently proceeding with the leasing phase of the project while simultaneously completing the various necessary requirements for the CDD to access the incentives to start infrastructure work.

In March 2015, we announced Legacy Development, a leading national development group, as development consultant for ONE DAYTONA. Intensely focused on innovative destination retail and mixed-use projects, Legacy Development will work closely with ISC’s development resources on the project. The Legacy Development team is a natural fit for the project, having served as the developer for Legends Outlets Kansas City, a mixed-used retail destination across from our Kansas Speedway.

We have refined the conceptual design for the first phase of ONE DAYTONA. This first phase will be comprised of three components: retail, dining and entertainment (“RD&E”); hotels; and residential.

The RD&E component of phase one will be owned and operated 100% by us. The expected total square footage for the RD&E first phase is approximately 300,000 square feet. We estimate the total cost for developing phase one to be approximately $120.0 million to $150.0 million. Sources of funds will include, in addition to borrowings on our Credit Facility, the public incentives discussed above and land to be contributed to the project. Bass Pro Shops, America's most popular outdoor store, and Cobb Theatres, the highly respected Southeastern-based exhibitor, have executed leases to anchor ONE DAYTONA. We are in active discussions with other potential tenants for ONE DAYTONA and anticipate announcement of additional leases in the near future.

Shaner Hotels and Prime Hospitality Group ("PHG") have been selected as hotel partners. They have executed a franchise agreement with Marriott International for an exclusive 145-room full service Autograph Collection hotel at ONE DAYTONA. Shaner Hotels and Prime Hospitality have also decided to move forward with their option to build a limited service hotel within ONE DAYTONA. As part of the partnership agreement, our portion of equity will be limited to our land contribution and we will share in the profits from the joint venture.

Prime Group has been selected as the partner for ONE DAYTONA’s residential development. Following an extensive request for proposal process, ONE DAYTONA chose the Florida developer based on their command of market demographics, development experience and expert property management systems. Initial planning is already underway for a 300-unit rental

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apartment community. Similar to the hotel partnership, our portion of equity will be limited to our land contribution and we will share in the profits from the joint venture.

Commencement of the vertical construction is expected to commence in the spring of 2016. We expect our investment in phase one of ONE DAYTONA to meet or exceed our cost of capital. Any future phases will be subject to prudent business considerations.

Speedway Developments

In light of NASCAR's publicly announced position regarding additional potential realignment of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, we believe there are still potential development opportunities for public/private partnerships in new, underserved markets across the country that would create value for our shareholders. However, we are not currently pursuing any new speedway development opportunities.

Inflation

We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our operating costs and earnings.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), in conjunction with the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"), issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers". The objective of this Update is to significantly enhance comparability and clarify principles of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets. On July 9, 2015, the FASB approved a one-year deferral of the effective date, while permitting entities to elect to adopt one year earlier on the original effective date. As a result, for a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The standard can be adopted either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this new guidance on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows, and will adopt the provisions of this statement in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

In April 2015, the FASB, in conjunction with the IASB, issued ASU No. 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest". The objective of this Update is to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. The amendments in this Update require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this Update. For a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard should be adopted retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented and adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. We believe that the impact of adopting this new guidance will not result in a material difference in our financial position and will adopt the provisions of this statement in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-15, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Sub-Topic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements". Given the absence of authoritative guidance within Update 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. As with ASU No. 2015-03, for a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard should be adopted retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented and adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. We believe that the impact of adopting this new guidance will not result in a material difference in our financial position and will adopt the provisions of this statement in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes". The objective of this Update is to simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes. The amendments in this Update require that deferred assets and liabilities be classified as long-term on the balance sheet instead of separating the deferred taxes into current and noncurrent amounts. For a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. We believe that this treatment of deferred taxes reduces the complexity of financial reporting while improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of the financial statements. As a result we have elected to early adopt this Update prospectively as of November 30, 2015 and prior periods have not been retrospectively adjusted.

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Factors That May Affect Operating Results

This report and the documents incorporated by reference may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. You can identify a forward-looking statement by our use of the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “believe,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include our statements regarding the timing of future events, our anticipated future operations and our anticipated future financial position and cash requirements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. We disclose the important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our expectations in cautionary statements made in this report and in other filings we have made with the SEC. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors described in this report and other factors set forth in or incorporated by reference in this report.

Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. We caution you not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements or to project any future results based on such statements or on present or prior earnings levels. Additional information concerning these, or other factors, which could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in our other SEC filings. Copies of those filings are available from us and/or the SEC.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates in the normal course of business. Our interest income and expense are most sensitive to changes in the general level of U.S. interest rates and the LIBOR rate. In order to manage this exposure, from time to time we use a combination of debt instruments, including the use of derivatives in the form of interest rate swap and lock agreements. We do not enter into any derivatives for trading purposes.

The objective of our asset management activities is to provide an adequate level of interest income and liquidity to fund operations and capital expansion, while minimizing market risk. We utilize overnight sweep accounts and short-term investments to minimize the interest rate risk. We do not believe that our interest rate risk related to our cash equivalents and short-term investments is material due to the nature of the investments.

Our objective in managing our interest rate risk on our debt is to negotiate the most favorable interest rate structures that we can and, as market conditions evolve, adjust our balance of fixed and variable rate debt to optimize our overall borrowing costs within reasonable risk parameters. Interest rate swaps and locks are used from time to time to convert a portion of our debt portfolio from a variable rate to a fixed rate or from a fixed rate to a variable rate as well as to lock in certain rates for future debt issuances.

The following analysis provides quantitative information regarding our exposure to interest rate risk. We utilize valuation models to evaluate the sensitivity of the fair value of financial instruments with exposure to market risk that assume instantaneous, parallel shifts in interest rate yield curves. There are certain limitations inherent in the sensitivity analyses presented, primarily due to the assumption that interest rates change instantaneously. In addition, the analyses are unable to reflect the complex market reactions that normally would arise from the market shifts modeled.

We have various debt instruments that are issued at fixed rates. These financial instruments, which have a fixed rate of interest, are exposed to fluctuations in fair value resulting from changes in market interest rates. The fair values of long-term debt are based on quoted market prices at the date of measurement. Our credit facilities approximate fair value as they bear interest rates that approximate market. At November 30, 2015, we had no variable debt outstanding.

At November 30, 2015, the fair value of our total long-term debt as determined by quotes from financial institutions was approximately $284.8 million. The potential decrease in fair value resulting from a hypothetical 10.0 percent shift in interest rates would be approximately $5.3 million at November 30, 2015.

Credit risk arises from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts on a net basis. However, we minimize such risk exposures for these instruments by limiting counterparties to large banks and financial institutions that meet established credit guidelines. We do not expect to incur any losses as a result of counterparty default.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

International Speedway Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of International Speedway Corporation (the “Company”) as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2015. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of International Speedway Corporation at November 30, 2015 and 2014, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), International Speedway Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated January 27, 2016, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Certified Public Accountants

Tampa, Florida

January 27, 2016

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

International Speedway Corporation

We have audited International Speedway Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). International Speedway Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, International Speedway Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2015, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of International Speedway Corporation as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2015 of International Speedway Corporation and our report dated January 27, 2016 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Certified Public Accountants

Tampa, Florida

January 27, 2016

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Consolidated Balance Sheets



	November 30,
	2014			2015
	(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	158,847		$	160,548
Receivables, less allowance of $1,000 in 2014 and 2015, respectively	27,598			42,112
Inventories	4,030			1,639
Income taxes receivable	6,202			572
Deferred income taxes	2,789			—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	8,099			60,673
Total Current Assets	207,565			265,544
Property and Equipment, net	1,381,190			1,448,964
Other Assets:
Equity investments	122,565			103,249
Intangible assets, net	178,629			178,626
Goodwill	118,791			118,791
Other	68,911			7,025
	488,896			407,691
Total Assets	$	2,077,651		$	2,122,199
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	3,435		$	3,408
Accounts payable	41,491			56,968
Deferred income	33,043			38,243
Other current liabilities	18,813			20,344
Total Current Liabilities	96,782			118,963
Long-Term Debt	268,311			264,964
Deferred Income Taxes	354,276			336,232
Long-Term Deferred Income	9,548			6,969
Other Long-Term Liabilities	2,302			1,856
Commitments and Contingencies	—			—
Shareholders’ Equity:
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value, 80,000,000 shares authorized; 26,248,081 and 26,348,051 issued and outstanding in 2014 and 2015, respectively	262			263
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized; 19,967,202 and 19,942,136 issued and outstanding in 2014 and 2015, respectively	200			199
Additional paid-in capital	447,518			449,136
Retained earnings	902,433			946,940
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(3,981		)	(3,323		)
Total Shareholders’ Equity	1,346,432			1,393,215
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,077,651		$	2,122,199

See accompanying notes

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Consolidated Statements of Operations



	Year Ended November 30,
	2013			2014			2015
	(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
REVENUES:
Admissions, net	$	129,824		$	129,688		$	130,154
Motorsports and other event related	425,530			433,738			451,838
Food, beverage and merchandise	44,046			72,880			47,282
Other	13,240			15,630			16,096
	612,640			651,936			645,370
EXPENSES:
Direct:
NASCAR event management fees	159,349			162,988			167,841
Motorsports and other event related	125,928			128,229			131,109
Food, beverage and merchandise	33,150			58,265			38,484
General and administrative	104,925			108,563			111,617
Depreciation and amortization	93,989			90,352			94,727
Losses on retirements of long-lived assets	16,607			10,148			16,015
	533,948			558,545			559,793
Operating income	78,692			93,391			85,577
Interest income	96			2,107			157
Interest expense	(15,221		)	(9,182		)	(9,582		)
Other	75			5,380			730
Equity in net income from equity investments	9,434			8,916			14,060
Income before income taxes	73,076			100,612			90,942
Income taxes	27,784			33,233			34,308
Net income	$	45,292		$	67,379		$	56,634
Earnings per share:
Basic and diluted	$	0.97		$	1.45		$	1.21

Dividends per share	$	0.22		$	0.24		$	0.26

Basic weighted average shares outstanding	46,470,647			46,559,232			46,621,211

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	46,486,561			46,573,038			46,635,830

See accompanying notes

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INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income



	Year Ended November 30,
	2013		2014		2015
	(in thousands)
Net income	$	45,292	$	67,379	$	56,634
Other comprehensive income:
Amortization of interest rate swap, net of tax benefit of $424, $425 and $424, respectively	658		657		658
Comprehensive income	$	45,950	$	68,036	$	57,292

See accompanying notes

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

(in thousands)



	Class A Common Stock $.01 Par Value		Class B Common Stock $.01 Par Value			Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income			Total Shareholders’ Equity
Balance at November 30, 2012	$	260	$	200		$	442,474		$	811,172		$	(5,296	)	$	1,248,810
Net income	—		—			—			45,292			—			45,292
Other comprehensive income	—		—			—			—			658			658
Exercise of stock options	1		—			340			—			—			341
Cash dividends ($.22 per share)	—		—			—			(10,229		)	—			(10,229		)
Reacquisition of previously issued common stock	—		—			(259		)	—			—			(259		)
Other	—		—			9			—			—			9
Stock-based compensation	—		—			2,533			—			—			2,533
Balance at November 30, 2013	261		200			445,097			846,235			(4,638		)	1,287,155
Net income	—		—			—			67,379			—			67,379
Other comprehensive income	—		—			—			—			657			657
Cash dividends ($.24 per share)	—		—			—			(11,181		)	—			(11,181		)
Reacquisition of previously issued common stock	—		—			(323		)	—			—			(323		)
Other	1		—			(82		)	—			—			(81		)
Stock-based compensation	—		—			2,826			—			—			2,826
Balance at November 30, 2014	262		200			447,518			902,433			(3,981		)	1,346,432
Net income	—		—			—			56,634			—			56,634
Other comprehensive income	—		—			—			—			658			658
Cash dividends ($.26 per share)	—		—			—			(12,127		)	—			(12,127		)
Reacquisition of previously issued common stock	—		—			(984		)	—			—			(984		)
Conversion of Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock	1		(1		)	—			—			—			0
Other	—		—			(342		)	—			—			(342		)
Stock-based compensation	—		—			2,944			—			—			2,944
Balance at November 30, 2015	$	263	$	199		$	449,136		$	946,940		$	(3,323	)	$	1,393,215

See accompanying notes

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows



	Year Ended November 30,
	2013			2014			2015
	(in thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	45,292		$	67,379		$	56,634
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Gain on assumption of controlling interest in equity investee	—			(5,447		)	—
Depreciation and amortization	93,989			90,352			94,727
Stock-based compensation	2,533			2,826			2,944
Amortization of financing costs	1,397			1,779			1,787
Interest received on Staten Island note receivable	—			5,087			4,648
Deferred income taxes	36,012			(12,346		)	(15,678		)
Income from equity investments	(9,434		)	(8,916		)	(14,060		)
Distribution from equity investee	8,216			10,076			15,209
Losses on retirements of long-lived assets, non-cash	10,023			2,644			3,490
Other, net	(26		)	380			(702		)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables, net	4,920			(1,776		)	(14,514		)
Inventories, prepaid expenses and other assets	(479		)	1,977			4,466
Accounts payable and other liabilities	3,658			(517		)	5,128
Deferred income	(8,990		)	(1,692		)	2,621
Income taxes	(13,716		)	11,041			5,287
Net cash provided by operating activities	173,395			162,847			151,987
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures	(85,539		)	(183,936		)	(155,016		)
Distribution from equity investee and affiliate	13,284			11,924			16,841
Equity investments and advances to affiliate	—			(1,322		)	—
Proceeds from sale of Staten Island property	5,322			6,100			—
Proceeds from sale of assets	—			—			4,442
Cash included in assumption of ownership interest in equity investee	—			4,686			—
Other, net	646			32			(5		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(66,287		)	(162,516		)	(133,738		)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Payment of long-term debt	(2,513		)	(2,807		)	(3,437		)
Exercise of Class A common stock options	341			—			—
Cash dividends paid	(10,229		)	(11,181		)	(12,127		)
Reacquisition of previously issued common stock	(259		)	(323		)	(984		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(12,660		)	(14,311		)	(16,548		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	94,448			(13,980		)	1,701
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	78,379			172,827			158,847
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	172,827		$	158,847		$	160,548

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INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS: International Speedway Corporation (“ISC”), including its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”), is a leading promoter of motorsports themed entertainment activities in the United States. As of November 30, 2015, the Company owned and/or operated 13 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities as follows:




Track Name	Location	Track Length
Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	2.5 miles
Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, Alabama	2.7 miles
Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	2.0 miles
Auto Club Speedway of Southern California	Fontana, California	2.0 miles
Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	1.5 miles
Richmond International Raceway	Richmond, Virginia	0.8 miles
Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	1.3 miles
Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, Illinois	1.5 miles
Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, Virginia	0.5 miles
Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	1.0 miles
Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	1.5 miles
Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	3.4 miles
Route 66 Raceway	Joliet, Illinois	0.25 miles

In 2015, these motorsports entertainment facilities promoted well over 100 stock car, open wheel, sports car, truck, motorcycle and other racing events, including:


•	21 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (“NASCAR”) Sprint Cup Series events;


•	15 NASCAR Xfinity Series events;


•	9 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events;


•	2 International Motor Sports Association (“IMSA”) Weather Tech SportsCar Championship Series events including the premier sports car endurance event in the United States, the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA;


•	One National Hot Rod Association (“NHRA”) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event;


•	One IndyCar ("IndyCar") Series event; and


•	A number of other prestigious stock car, sports car, open wheel and motorcycle events.

At the beginning of fiscal 2015, the NASCAR Nationwide Series became the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Throughout this document, the naming convention for this series is consistent with the current branding.

Motor Racing Network, Inc. (“MRN”), the Company’s proprietary radio network, produces and syndicates to radio stations live coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series races and certain other races conducted at the Company’s motorsports entertainment facilities, as well as some races from motorsports entertainment facilities the Company does not own. In addition, MRN provides production services for Sprint Vision, the trackside large screen video display units, at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event weekends that take place at the Company's motorsports facilities. MRN also produces and syndicates daily and weekly NASCAR racing-themed programs.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of International Speedway Corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, bank demand deposit accounts and overnight sweep accounts used in the Company’s cash management program. All highly liquid investments with stated maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase are classified as cash equivalents.

The Company maintained its cash and cash equivalents with a limited number of financial institutions at November 30, 2015.

RECEIVABLES: Receivables are stated at their estimated collectible amounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated based on historical experience of write offs and current expectations of conditions that might impact the collectability of accounts.

INVENTORIES: Inventories, consisting of finished goods, are stated at the lower of cost, determined on the first-in, first-out basis, or market.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT: Property and equipment, including improvements to existing facilities, are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided for financial reporting purposes using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives as follows:



Buildings, grandstands and motorsports entertainment facilities		10-30 years
Furniture and equipment		3-8 years

Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the related lease term or their estimated useful lives. The carrying values of property and equipment are evaluated for impairment upon the occurrence of an impairment indicator based upon expected future undiscounted cash flows. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable, an impairment loss would be recognized equal to the difference between the carrying value of the asset and its fair value.

EQUITY INVESTMENTS: The Company’s investments in joint ventures and other investees where it can exert significant influence on the investee, but does not have effective control over the investee, are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Company’s equity in the net income (loss) from equity method investments is recorded as income (loss) with a corresponding increase (decrease) in the investment. Distributions received from the equity investees reduce the investment. Distributions from equity investees representing the Company's share of the equity investee's earnings are treated as cash proceeds from operations while distributions in excess of the equity investee's earnings are considered a return of capital and treated as cash proceeds from investing activities in the Company's consolidated statement of cash flows. The Company recognizes the effects of transactions involving the sale or distribution by an equity investee of its common stock as capital transactions.

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS: All business combinations are accounted for under the purchase method. The excess of the cost of the acquisition over fair value of the net assets acquired (including recognized intangibles) is recorded as goodwill. Business combinations involving existing motorsports entertainment facilities commonly result in a significant portion of the purchase price being allocated to the fair value of the contract-based intangible asset associated with long-term relationships manifest in the sanction agreements with sanctioning bodies, such as NASCAR and IMSA. The continuity of sanction agreements with these bodies has historically enabled the Company to host these motorsports events year after year. While individual sanction agreements may be of terms as short as one year, a significant portion of the purchase price in excess of the fair value of acquired tangible assets is commonly paid to acquire anticipated future cash flows from events promoted pursuant to these agreements which are expected to continue for the foreseeable future and therefore, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, are recorded as indefinite-lived intangible assets recognized apart from goodwill. The Company’s goodwill and other intangible assets are all associated with our Motorsports Event segment.

The Company follows applicable authoritative guidance on accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets which specifies, among other things, non-amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and requires testing for possible impairment, either upon the occurrence of an impairment indicator or at least annually. The Company completes its annual testing in its fiscal fourth quarter, based on assumptions regarding the Company’s future business outlook and expected future discounted cash flows attributable to such assets (using the fair value assessment provision of applicable authoritative guidance), supported by quoted market prices or comparable transactions where available or applicable.

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In connection with the Company’s fiscal 2015 assessment of goodwill and intangible assets for possible impairment, the Company used the methodology described above. The Company believes its methods used to determine fair value and evaluate possible impairment were appropriate, relevant, and represent methods customarily available and used for such purposes. The Company’s latest annual assessment of goodwill and other intangible assets in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 indicated there had been no impairment and the fair value substantially exceeded the carrying value for the respective reporting units.

During fiscal 2015, the Company believes there has been no significant change in the long-term fundamentals of its ongoing motorsports event business. The Company believes its present operational and cash flow outlook further support its conclusion. While the Company continues to review and analyze many factors that can impact its business prospects in the future, its analysis is subjective and is based on conditions existing at, and trends leading up to, the time the estimates and assumptions are made. Different conditions or assumptions, or changes in cash flows or profitability, if significant, could have a material adverse effect on the outcome of the impairment evaluation and the Company’s future condition or results of operations.

DEFERRED FINANCING FEES: Deferred financing fees are amortized over the term of the related debt and are included in other non-current assets.

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME: Comprehensive income is the changes in equity of an enterprise except those resulting from shareholder transactions. Accumulated other comprehensive income consists of the following as of November 30, (in thousands):



	2014			2015
Interest rate swap, net of tax benefit of $2,600 and $2,176, respectively	$	(3,981	)	$	(3,323	)

INCOME TAXES: Income taxes have been provided using the liability method. Under this method the Company’s estimates of deferred income taxes and the significant items giving rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect its assessment of actual future taxes to be paid on items reflected in its financial statements, giving consideration to both timing and probability of realization.

The Company establishes tax reserves related to certain matters, including penalties and interest, in the period when it is determined that it is probable that additional taxes, penalties and interest will be paid, and the amount is reasonably estimable. Such tax reserves are adjusted, as needed, in light of changing circumstances, such as statute of limitations expirations and other developments relating to uncertain tax positions and current tax items under examination, appeal or litigation.

REVENUE RECOGNITION: Advance ticket sales and event-related revenues for future events are deferred until earned, which is generally once the events are conducted. The recognition of event-related expenses is matched with the recognition of event-related revenues.

The Company's revenues from marketing partnerships are paid in accordance with negotiated contracts, with the identities of partners and the terms of sponsorship changing from time to time. Some of our marketing partnership agreements are for multiple facilities and/or events and include multiple specified elements, such as tickets, hospitality chalets, suites, display space and signage for each included event. The allocation of such marketing partnership revenues between the multiple elements, events and facilities is based on relative selling price. The sponsorship revenue allocated to an event is recognized when the event is conducted.

Revenues and related costs from the sale of merchandise to retail customers are recognized at the time of sale.

Kansas Speedway ("Kansas") and Chicagoland Speedway ("Chicagoland") offer Preferred Access Speedway Seating (“PASS”) agreements, which give purchasers the exclusive right and obligation to purchase season-ticket packages for certain sanctioned racing events annually, under specified terms and conditions. Among the conditions, licensees are required to purchase all season-ticket packages when and as offered each year. PASS agreements automatically terminate without refund should owners not purchase any offered season tickets.

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Net fees received under PASS agreements are deferred and are amortized into income over the term of the agreements. Long-term deferred income under the PASS agreements totals approximately $5.5 million and $4.6 million at November 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

ADVERTISING EXPENSE: Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was approximately $15.1 million, $16.5 million and $17.1 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

LOSS CONTINGENCIES: Legal and other costs incurred in conjunction with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

USE OF ESTIMATES: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS: In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), in conjunction with the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"), issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers". The objective of this Update is to significantly enhance comparability and clarify principles of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets. On July 9, 2015, the FASB approved a one-year deferral of the effective date, while permitting entities to elect to adopt one year earlier on the original effective date. As a result, for a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The standard can be adopted either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this new guidance on its financial position, results of operations, and cash flows, and will adopt the provisions of this statement in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

In April 2015, the FASB, in conjunction with the IASB, issued ASU No. 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest". The objective of this Update is to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. The amendments in this Update require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this Update. For a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard should be adopted retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented and adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. The Company believes that the impact of adopting this new guidance will not result in a material difference in its financial position and will adopt the provisions of this statement in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-15, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Sub-Topic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements". Given the absence of authoritative guidance within Update 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. As with ASU No. 2015-03, for a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard should be adopted retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented and adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. The Company believes that the impact of adopting this new guidance will not result in a material difference in its financial position and will adopt the provisions of this statement in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.

In November 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2015-17, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes". The objective of this Update is to simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes. The amendments in this Update require that deferred assets and liabilities be classified as long-term on the balance sheet instead of separating the deferred taxes into current and noncurrent amounts. For a public entity, the amendments in this Update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The Company believes that this treatment of deferred taxes reduces the complexity of financial reporting while improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of the financial statements. As a result the Company has elected to early adopt this Update prospectively as of November 30, 2015 and prior periods have not been retrospectively adjusted.

NOTE 2 — EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended November 30, (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

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	2013		2014		2015
Numerator:
Net income	$	45,292	$	67,379	$	56,634
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding	46,470,647		46,559,232		46,621,211
Common stock options	15,914		13,806		14,619
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	46,486,561		46,573,038		46,635,830

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.97	$	1.45	$	1.21

Anti-dilutive shares excluded in the computation of diluted earnings per share	143,656		121,462		98,928

NOTE 3 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consists of the following as of November 30, (in thousands):



	2014		2015
Land and leasehold improvements	$	247,883	$	244,496
Buildings, grandstands and motorsports entertainment facilities	1,529,904		1,695,682
Furniture and equipment	175,845		215,928
Construction in progress	245,642		131,897
	2,199,274		2,288,003
Less accumulated depreciation	818,084		839,039
	$	1,381,190	$	1,448,964

Depreciation expense was approximately $94.0 million, $90.2 million and $94.7 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. The depreciation expense for the years ended November 30, 2014 and 2015 includes approximately $11.1 million and $6.8 million, respectively, of accelerated depreciation that was recorded due to the shortening of the service lives of certain assets associated with DAYTONA Rising and capacity management initiatives.

NOTE 4 — RETIREMENTS OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

The Company recorded before-tax charges relating to retirements of long-lived assets during the fiscal years ending November 30, as follows (in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015
Losses on retirements of long-lived assets	$	16,607	$	10,148	$	16,015
Less: cash portion of losses on asset retirements	6,584		7,504		12,525
Non-cash losses on retirements of long-lived assets	$	10,023	$	2,644	$	3,490

The fiscal 2013 retirements are primarily attributable to the ongoing removal of certain assets in connection with the track repaving at Kansas, as well as guest enhancements at Talladega Superspeedway (“Talladega”), Richmond International Raceway (“Richmond”) and certain of the Company's other facilities.

The fiscal 2014 retirements are primarily attributable to the removal of assets not fully depreciated in connection with DAYTONA Rising, capacity management initiatives and other capital improvements.

The fiscal 2015 retirements are primarily attributable to the removal of assets not fully depreciated in connection with DAYTONA Rising and other capital improvements.

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NOTE 5 — EQUITY AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway

Kansas Entertainment, LLC, (“Kansas Entertainment”) a 50/50 joint venture of Penn Hollywood Kansas, Inc. (“Penn”), a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. and Kansas Speedway Development Corporation (“KSDC”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ISC, operates the Hollywood-themed casino and branded destination entertainment facility, overlooking turn two at Kansas Speedway. Penn is the managing member of Kansas Entertainment and is responsible for the operations of the casino.

The Company has accounted for Kansas Entertainment as an equity investment in its financial statements as of November 30, 2015. The Company’s 50.0 percent portion of Kansas Entertainment’s net income was approximately $9.4 million, $8.9 million and $14.1 million for fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, and is included in equity in net income from equity investments in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. Included in the Company's fiscal 2013 income from equity investment amount is approximately $1.1 million related to a one-time property tax refund.

Distributions from Kansas Entertainment, for the years ended November 30, are as follows (in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015
Distribution from profits	$	8,216	$	10,076	$	15,209
Distribution in excess of profits	13,284		11,924		16,841
Total Distributions	$	21,500	$	22,000	$	32,050

Staten Island Property

On August 5, 2013, the Company announced that it sold its 676 acre parcel of property located in Staten Island, New York, to Staten Island Marine Development, LLC (“Marine Development”). Marine Development purchased 100 percent of the outstanding equity membership interests of 380 Development LLC (“380 Development”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ISC and owner of the Staten Island property, for a total sales price of $80.0 million. In addition, the Company previously received approximately $4.2 million for an option provided to the purchaser that is nonrefundable and does not apply to the $80.0 million sales price.

The Company received $7.5 million, less closing and other administrative costs, of the sales price at closing. The remaining sales price was financed with the Company holding a secured mortgage interest in 380 Development as well as the underlying property. The mortgage balance bears interest at an annual rate of 7.0 percent. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the Company has received a principal payment of approximately $6.1 million plus interest on this mortgage balance through November 30, 2015, and will receive the remaining purchase price of $66.4 million, due March 4, 2016. Interest on the remaining mortgage balance is due quarterly, in arrears, and Marine Development is current with all payments through January 2016. Based on the level of Marine Development's initial investment at closing and continuing investment, the Company has accounted for the transaction using the cost recovery method and has deferred the recognition of profit of approximately $1.9 million, and interest totaling approximately $10.2 million at November 30, 2015, until the carrying amount of the property is recovered, which will not be until the final payment is made.

The net proceeds from the sale, combined with the mortgage interest and related total cash tax benefit, will provide the Company with approximately $118.0 million in incremental cash flow through the term of the mortgage.

Motorsports Authentics

Prior to January 31, 2014, the Company was partners with Speedway Motorsports, Inc. ("SMI") in a 50/50 joint venture, SMISC, LLC, which, through its wholly owned subsidiary Motorsports Authentics, LLC conducts business under the name Motorsports Authentics (“MA”). MA designs, promotes, markets and distributes motorsports licensed merchandise. On January 31, 2014, SMI abandoned its interest and rights in SMISC, LLC, consequently bringing the Company's ownership to 100.0 percent. MA's operations are included in the Company's consolidated operations subsequent to the date of SMI's abandonment. Prior to January 31, 2014, MA was accounted for as an equity investment in the Company's financial statements.

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As a result of SMI's abandonment of their interest in SMISC, LLC, the Company recorded other income of approximately $5.4 million, representing the fair value of MA, over the carrying value, as of January 31, 2014. The fair value was based on a discounted cash flow analysis using level 3 inputs. Most of the fair value represents the value of MA's working capital and the fair value was not sensitive to assumptions used in the discounted cash flow analysis. In addition, the Company recognized tax benefits of approximately $4.0 million, representing the tax benefit associated with various operating loss carryforwards of MA that are expected to be realized in its consolidated tax filings in the future and certain other tax filing positions of SMISC, LLC. In November 2014, the Company recognized an impairment of a long-lived intangible asset of approximately $0.6 million, which is included in non-cash losses on retirements of long-lived assets. MA's operating income contribution, subsequent to consolidation, was immaterial, and is included in the Motorsports Event segment.

Prior to the SMI abandonment of SMISC, LLC, no equity income was recognized in prior periods, by the Company, as MA operated at breakeven.

Summarized financial information of the Company’s equity investments as of and for the years ended November 30, are as follows (in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015
Current assets	$	43,062	$	33,349	$	17,204
Noncurrent assets	238,772		215,226		196,164
Current liabilities	21,510		19,273		17,749
Noncurrent liabilities	1,242		—		—
Net sales	170,721		141,849		153,183
Gross profit	82,838		72,031		80,691
Operating income	21,770		20,153		30,417
Net income	21,986		20,153		30,417

NOTE 6 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The gross carrying value and accumulated amortization of the major classes of intangible assets relating to the Motorsports Event segment as of November 30, are as follows (in thousands):



	2014
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
Amortized intangible assets:
Food, beverage and merchandise contracts	$	10	$	9	$	1
Other	109		87		22
Total amortized intangible assets	119		96		23
Non-amortized intangible assets:
NASCAR — sanction agreements	177,813		—		177,813
Other	793		—		793
Total non-amortized intangible assets	178,606		—		178,606
Total intangible assets	$	178,725	$	96	$	178,629



	2015
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
Amortized intangible assets:
Food, beverage and merchandise contracts	$	10	$	10	$	—
Other	114		94		20
Total amortized intangible assets	124		104		20
Non-amortized intangible assets:
NASCAR — sanction agreements	177,813		—		177,813
Other	793		—		793
Total non-amortized intangible assets	178,606		—		178,606
Total intangible assets	$	178,730	$	104	$	178,626

The following table presents current and expected amortization expense of the existing intangible assets as of November 30, for each of the following periods (in thousands):

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Amortization expense for the year ended November 30, 2015	$	8
Estimated amortization expense for the year ending November 30:
2016	3
2017	1
2018	1
2019	1
2020	1

There were no changes in the carrying value of goodwill during fiscal 2014 and 2015.

NOTE 7 — LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following as of November 30, (in thousands):



	2014		2015
4.63 percent Senior Notes	$	65,000	$	65,000
3.95 percent Senior Notes	100,000		100,000
4.82 percent Revenue Bonds	339		—
6.25 percent Term Loan	49,524		48,726
TIF bond debt service funding commitment	56,883		54,646
Revolving Credit Facility	—		—
	271,746		268,372
Less: current portion	3,435		3,408
	$	268,311	$	264,964

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For the year ending November 30:
2016	$	3,408
2017	3,738
2018	4,091
2019	4,522
2020	5,326
Thereafter	247,741
	268,826
Net premium	(454		)
Total	$	268,372

The Company's $65.0 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes (“4.63 percent Senior Notes”) bear interest at 4.63 percent and are due January 2021, require semi-annual interest payments on January 18 and July 18 through their maturity. The 4.63 percent Senior Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time at redemption prices as defined in the indenture. Certain of the Company’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries are guarantors of the 4.63 percent Senior Notes. Certain restrictive covenants of the 4.63 percent Senior Notes require that the Company's ratio of its Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to its Consolidated EBITDA ("leverage ratio") does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0, and its Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense ("interest coverage ratio") is not less than 2.0 to 1.0. In addition the Company may not permit the aggregate of certain Priority Debt to exceed 15.0 percent of its Consolidated Net Worth. The 4.63 percent Senior Notes contain various other affirmative and negative restrictive covenants including, among others, limitations on liens, sales of assets, mergers and consolidations and certain transactions with affiliates. As of November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its various restrictive covenants. At November 30, 2015, outstanding principal on the 4.63 percent Senior Notes was approximately $65.0 million.

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The Company's $100.0 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes (“3.95 percent Senior Notes”) bear interest at 3.95 percent and are due September 2024. The 3.95 percent Senior Notes require semi-annual interest payments on March 13 and September 13 through their maturity. The 3.95 percent Senior Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part, at our option, at any time or from time to time at redemption prices as defined in the indenture. Certain of the Company's wholly owned domestic subsidiaries are guarantors of the 3.95 percent Senior Notes. Certain restrictive covenants of the 3.95 percent Senior Notes require that the Company's leverage ratio does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0, and its interest coverage ratio is not less than 2.0 to 1.0. In addition the Company may not permit the aggregate of certain Priority Debt to exceed 15.0 percent of its Consolidated Net Worth. The 3.95 percent Senior Notes contain various other affirmative and negative restrictive covenants including, among others, limitations on liens, sales of assets, mergers and consolidations and certain transactions with affiliates. As of November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its various restrictive covenants. At November 30, 2015, outstanding principal on the 3.95 percent Senior Notes was approximately $100.0 million.

Debt associated with the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Chicagoland Speedway, LLC, which owns and operates Chicagoland and Route 66 Raceway, consisted of revenue bonds payable (“4.82 percent Revenue Bonds”) consisting of economic development revenue bonds issued by the City of Joliet, Illinois to finance certain land improvements. The 4.82 percent Revenue Bonds had an interest rate of 4.82 percent and a monthly payment of approximately $29,000 principal and interest. The principal on the 4.82 percent Revenue Bonds was paid in full in November 2015.

The term loan (“6.25 percent Term Loan”), related to the Company’s International Motorsports Center, has a 25 year term due October 2034, an interest rate of 6.25 percent, and a current monthly payment of approximately $323,000 principal and interest. At November 30, 2015, the outstanding principal on the 6.25 percent Term Loan was approximately $48.7 million.

At November 30, 2015, in connection with the financing of Kansas Speedway, totaled approximately $54.6 million, net of the unamortized discount, which is comprised of a $5.4 million principal amount, 6.15 percent term bond due December 1, 2017 and a $49.7 million principal amount, 6.75 percent term bond due December 1, 2027. The TIF bonds are repaid by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas (“Unified Government”) with payments made in lieu of property taxes (“Funding Commitment”) by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kansas Speedway Corporation (“KSC”). Principal (mandatory redemption) payments per the Funding Commitment are payable by KSC on October 1 of each year. The semi-annual interest component of the Funding Commitment is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year. KSC granted a mortgage and security interest in the Kansas project for its Funding Commitment obligation.

The Company's $300.0 million revolving credit facility (“2012 Credit Facility”) contains a feature that allows the Company to increase the credit facility to a total of $500.0 million, subject to certain conditions, provides for separate sub-limits of $25.0 million for standby letters of credit and $10.0 million for swing line loans. The 2012 Credit Facility is scheduled to mature in November 2017. Interest accrues, at the Company's option, at either LIBOR plus 100.0 — 162.5 basis points or a base rate loan at the highest of i) Wells Fargo Bank's prime lending rate, ii) the Federal Funds rate, as in effect from time to time, plus 0.5 percent, and iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 percent. The 2012 Credit Facility also contains a commitment fee ranging from 0.125 percent to 0.225 percent of unused amounts available for borrowing. The interest rate margin on the LIBOR borrowings and commitment fee are variable depending on the better of the Company's debt rating as determined by specified rating agencies or its leverage ratio. Certain of the Company's wholly owned domestic subsidiaries are guarantors on the 2012 Credit Facility. The 2012 Credit Facility requires that the Company's leverage ratio does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0 (4.0 to 1.0 for the four quarters ending after any Permitted Acquisition), and its interest coverage ratio is not less than 2.5 to 1.0. The 2012 Credit Facility also contains various other affirmative and negative restrictive covenants including, among others, limitations on indebtedness, investments, sales of assets, certain transactions with affiliates, entering into certain restrictive agreements and making certain restricted payments as detailed in the agreement. As of November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with its various restrictive covenants. At November 30, 2015, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the 2012 Credit Facility.

At November 30, 2015, the Company has approximately $3.3 million, net of tax, deferred in accumulated other comprehensive loss associated with a terminated interest rate swap which is being amortized as interest expense over life of the 4.63 percent Senior Notes (see above). The Company expects to recognize approximately $0.7 million, net of tax, of this balance during the next 12 months in the consolidated statement of operations.

Total interest expense incurred by the Company for the years ended November 30, are as follows (in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015
Interest expense	$	16,576	$	16,479	$	16,286
Less: capitalized interest	1,355		7,297		6,704
Net interest expense	$	15,221	$	9,182	$	9,582

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Financing costs of approximately $3.7 million and $3.1 million, net of accumulated amortization, have been deferred and are included in other assets at November 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively. These costs are being amortized on a straight line method, which approximates the effective yield method, over the life of the related financing.

NOTE 8 — FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

Significant components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended November 30, are as follows (in thousands):



	2013			2014			2015
Current tax expense (benefit):
Federal	$	(8,008	)	$	42,243		$	46,095
State	(220		)	3,336			3,891
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
Federal	33,235			(13,450		)	(15,164		)
State	2,777			1,104			(514		)
Provision for income taxes	$	27,784		$	33,233		$	34,308

The reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the federal statutory tax rates to income tax expense for the years ended November 30, is as follows (percent of pre-tax income):



	2013		2014		2015
Income tax computed at federal statutory rates	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	4.2		3.8		2.5
MA abandonment benefit	—		(5.9	)	—
Other, net	(1.2	)	0.1		0.2
	38.0	%	33.0	%	37.7	%

The components of the net deferred tax assets (liabilities) at November 30, are as follows (in thousands):



	2014			2015
Loss carryforwards	$	13,518		$	13,918
Deferred revenues	3,313			2,609
Accruals	4,649			7,204
Compensation related	3,556			3,509
Interest	4,077			3,406
Other	895			—
Deferred tax assets	30,008			30,646
Valuation allowance	(7,832		)	(7,893		)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	22,176			22,753
Amortization and depreciation	(369,033		)	(357,389		)
Equity investment	(4,285		)	(1,273		)
Other	(345		)	(323		)
Deferred tax liabilities	(373,663		)	(358,985		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(351,487	)	$	(336,232	)

Deferred tax assets — current	$	2,789		$	—
Deferred tax liabilities — noncurrent	(354,276		)	(336,232		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(351,487	)	$	(336,232	)

At November 30, 2015 the Company has deferred tax assets related to various state loss carryforwards totaling approximately $11.7 million that expire in varying amounts beginning in fiscal 2019. The Company also has deferred tax assets related to federal loss carryforwards subject to limitations under IRC 382 related to MA totaling approximately $2.2 million that expire

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beginning in fiscal 2036.The valuation allowance at November 30, 2014 and 2015 was primarily related to state loss carryforwards that, in the judgment of management, are not more likely to be realized. In evaluating the Company’s ability to recover its deferred income tax assets it considers all available positive and negative evidence, including operating results, ongoing tax planning and forecasts of future taxable income on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis.

Federal returns for fiscal years 2011 through 2014 remain open and subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company files and remits state income taxes in various states where the Company has determined it is required to file state income taxes. The Company’s filings with those states remain open for audit for the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax liability is as follows (in thousands):



Balance at December 1, 2014	$	399
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	—
Additions for tax positions of prior years	—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(43		)
Balance at November 30, 2015	$	356

As a result of the above items, the Company’s effective income tax rate decreased from the statutory income rate to approximately 38.0 percent, 33.0 percent and 37.7 percent for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Also of note, while not impacting the combined current and deferred income tax expense and related income tax rate during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, as compared to the prior fiscal year, the tax benefit realized in fiscal 2013 attributable to the aforementioned sale of the Company's Staten Island property, as well as the effect of the December 2013 expiration of certain tax legislation impacting depreciation deductions contributed substantially to increased current income taxes paid during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014 totaling approximately $51.3 million as compared to approximately $18.1 million during fiscal 2013.

In December 2014, Congress passed the Tax Increase Prevention Act which included a retroactive renewal back to January 1, 2014 and continuing through December 2014, of the previously expired tax legislation. The overall impact to the current fiscal year tax depreciation deduction as a result of the expiration of this legislation at December 2014, substantially contributed to the overall reduction of approximately $18.0 million in our long-term deferred income tax liabilities at November 30, 2015 as compared to November 30, 2014. In December 2015, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act which included a retroactive renewal back to January 1, 2015 of the previously expired tax legislation. The impact of this retroactive tax legislation will not affect the Company's fiscal 2016 effective tax rate, but will reduce related income tax payments.

NOTE 9 — CAPITAL STOCK

The Company’s authorized capital includes 80.0 million shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 (“Class A Common Stock”), 40.0 million shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 (“Class B Common Stock”), and 1.0 million shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 (“Preferred Stock”). The shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are identical in all respects, except for voting rights and conversion rights as described below. Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to one-fifth (1/5) vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders and each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one (1) vote on each such matter, in each case including the election of directors. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends at the same rate if and when declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available there from, subject to the dividend and liquidation rights of any Preferred Stock that may be issued and outstanding. Class A Common Stock has no conversion rights. Class B Common Stock is convertible into Class A Common Stock, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of the holder on the basis of one share of Class A Common Stock for each share of Class B Common Stock converted. Each share of Class B Common Stock will also automatically convert into one share of Class A Common Stock if, on the record date of any meeting of the shareholders, the number of shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding is less than 10.0 percent of the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock then outstanding.

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The Board of Directors of the Company is authorized, without further shareholder action, to divide any or all shares of the authorized Preferred Stock into series and fix and determine the designations, preferences and relative rights and qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereon of any series so established, including voting powers, dividend rights, liquidation preferences, redemption rights and conversion privileges. No shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding. The Board of Directors has not authorized any series of Preferred Stock, and there are no plans, agreements or understandings for the authorization or issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock.

Stock Purchase Plan

Since inception of the Stock Purchase Plan through November 30, 2015, the Company has purchased 7,063,962 shares of its Class A common shares, for a total of approximately $268.3 million. There were no purchases of the Company's Class A shares during fiscal 2014 or 2015. Transactions occur in open market purchases and pursuant to a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1. At November 30, 2015, the Company has approximately $61.7 million remaining repurchase authority under the current Stock Purchase Plan.

NOTE 10 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

International Speedway Corporation has a salary incentive plan (the “ISC Plan”) designed to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Employees of International Speedway Corporation and certain participating subsidiaries who have completed one month of continuous service are eligible to participate in the ISC Plan. After twelve months of continuous service, matching contributions are made to a savings trust (subject to certain limits) concurrent with employees’ contributions. The level of the matching contribution depends upon the amount of the employee contribution. Employees become 100 percent vested upon entrance to the ISC Plan. The contribution expense for the ISC Plan was approximately $1.4 million, $1.6 million and $1.7 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

The estimated cost to complete approved projects and current construction in progress at November 30, 2015 at the Company’s existing facilities is approximately $101.2 million. Included in Other liabilities on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets are approximately $6.5 million of certain administrative costs as of November 30, 2015.

In October 2002, the Unified Government issued subordinate sales tax special obligation revenue bonds (“2002 STAR Bonds”) totaling approximately $6.3 million to reimburse the Company for certain construction already completed on the second phase of the Kansas Speedway project and to fund certain additional construction. The 2002 STAR Bonds, which require annual debt service payments and are due December 1, 2022, will be retired with state and local taxes generated within the speedway’s boundaries and are not the Company’s obligation. KSC has agreed to guarantee the payment of principal, any required premium and interest on the 2002 STAR Bonds. At November 30, 2015, the Unified Government had approximately $1.2 million outstanding on 2002 STAR Bonds. Under a keepwell agreement, the Company has agreed to provide financial assistance to KSC, if necessary, to support KSC’s guarantee of the 2002 STAR Bonds.

The Company operates Homestead-Miami Speedway under an operating agreement which expires December 31, 2032 and provides for subsequent renewal terms through December 31, 2075. The Company operates Daytona International Speedway under an operating lease agreement which expires November 7, 2054. The Company also has various operating leases for office space and equipment. The future minimum payments under the operating agreement and leases utilized by the Company having initial or remaining non-cancelable terms in excess of one year at November 30, 2015, are as follows (in thousands):



For the year ending November 30:	Operating Agreement		Operating Leases
2016	$	1,152	$	4,788
2017	1,055		3,804
2018	1,055		2,449
2019	1,055		1,771
2020	1,055		1,036
Thereafter	12,748		31,215
Total	$	18,120	$	45,063

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Total expenses incurred under the track operating agreement, these operating leases and all other short-term rentals during the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015 were approximately $13.5 million, $14.7 million, and $14.4 million, respectively.

In connection with the Company’s automobile and workers’ compensation insurance coverages and certain construction contracts, the Company has standby letter of credit agreements in favor of third parties totaling approximately $4.0 million at November 30, 2015. At November 30, 2015, there were no amounts drawn on the standby letters of credit.

Current Litigation

The Company is from time to time a party to routine litigation incidental to its business. Management does not believe that the resolution of any or all of such litigation will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

NOTE 11 — RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES AND TRANSACTIONS

All of the racing events that take place during the Company’s fiscal year are sanctioned by various racing organizations such as the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, the American Motorcyclist Association, the Automobile Racing Club of America, the American Sportbike Racing Association — Championship Cup Series, the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile, the Federation Internationale Motocycliste, IMSA, Historic Sportscar Racing, IndyCar Series, NASCAR, NHRA, the Porsche Club of America, the Sports Car Club of America, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, the United States Auto Club and the World Karting Association. NASCAR, which sanctions many of the Company’s principal racing events, is a member of the France Family Group which controls over 72.0 percent of the combined voting power of the outstanding stock of the Company, as of November 30, 2015, and some members of which serve as directors and officers of the Company. Standard NASCAR sanction agreements require racetrack operators to pay NASCAR Event Management ("NEM") fees, which include prize and point fund monies for each sanctioned event conducted. The prize and point fund monies are distributed by NASCAR to participants in the events. Prize and point fund monies paid by the Company to NASCAR for disbursement to competitors, which are exclusive of NASCAR sanction fees, totaled approximately $132.2 million, $134.5 million and $138.3 million, for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. The Company has outstanding receivables related to NASCAR and its affiliates of approximately $19.3 million and $29.8 million at November 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Under current agreements, NASCAR contracts directly with certain network providers for television rights to the entire NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series schedules. Under the terms of this arrangement, NASCAR retains 10.0 percent of the gross broadcast rights fees allocated to each NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series event as a component of its sanction fees. The promoter records 90.0 percent of the gross broadcast rights fees as revenue and then records 25.0 percent of the gross broadcast rights fees as part of its awards to the competitors. Ultimately, the promoter retains 65.0 percent of the net cash proceeds from the gross broadcast rights fees allocated to the event. The Company’s television broadcast and ancillary rights fees received from NASCAR for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck series events conducted at its wholly owned facilities were approximately $292.5 million, $302.9 million and $314.5 million in fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

In addition, NASCAR and the Company share a variety of expenses in the ordinary course of business. NASCAR pays rent, as well as a related maintenance fee (allocated based on square footage), to the Company for office space in Daytona Beach, Florida. NASCAR pays the Company for radio, program and strategic initiative advertising, hospitality and suite rentals, various tickets and credentials, catering services, participation in a NASCAR racing event banquet, and track and other equipment rentals based on similar prices paid by unrelated, third party purchasers of similar items. The Company pays NASCAR for certain advertising, participation in NASCAR racing series banquets, the use of NASCAR trademarks and intellectual images and production space for Sprint Vision based on similar prices paid by unrelated, third party purchasers of similar items. The Company’s payments to NASCAR for MRN’s broadcast rights to NASCAR Camping World Truck races represent an agreed-upon percentage of the Company’s advertising revenues attributable to such race broadcasts. NASCAR also reimburses the Company for 50.0 percent of the compensation paid to certain personnel working in the Company’s legal, risk management and transportation departments, as well as 50.0 percent of the compensation expense associated with certain receptionists. The Company reimburses NASCAR for 50.0 percent of the compensation paid to certain personnel working in NASCAR’s legal department. NASCAR’s reimbursement for use of the Company’s mailroom, janitorial services, security services, catering, graphic arts, photo and publishing services, telephone system and the Company’s reimbursement of NASCAR for use of corporate aircraft is based on actual usage or an allocation of total actual usage. The aggregate amount received from NASCAR by the Company for shared expenses, net of amounts paid by the Company for shared expenses, totaled approximately $9.3 million, $10.5 million and $10.2 million during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

IMSA, a wholly owned subsidiary of NASCAR, sanctions various events at certain of the Company’s facilities. Standard IMSA sanction agreements require racetrack operators to pay event management fees, which include prize and point fund monies for

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each sanctioned event conducted. The prize and point fund monies are distributed by IMSA to participants in the events. Event management fees paid by the Company to IMSA totaled approximately $1.3 million, $1.3 million and $1.3 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

AMA Pro Racing, an entity controlled by a member of the France Family Group, sanctions various events at certain of the Company’s facilities. Standard AMA Pro Racing sanction agreements require racetrack operators to pay event management fees, which include prize and point fund monies for each sanctioned event conducted. The prize and point fund monies are distributed by AMA Pro Racing to participants in the events. Event management fees paid by the Company to AMA Pro Racing totaled approximately $0.6 million, $0.5 million and $0.1 million during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

The Company strives to ensure, and management believes that, the terms of the Company’s transactions with NASCAR, IMSA and AMA Pro Racing are no less favorable to the Company than could be obtained from an unrelated party.

Certain members of the France Family Group paid the Company for the utilization of security services, event planning, event tickets, purchase of catering services, maintenance services, and certain equipment. The amounts paid for these items were based on actual costs incurred, similar prices paid by unrelated third party purchasers of similar items or estimated fair market values. The net amount received by the Company for these items, totaled approximately $398,000, $320,000 and $456,000 during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Crotty, Bartlett & Kelly, P.A. (“Crotty, Bartlett & Kelly”), is a law firm controlled by family members of W. Garrett Crotty, one of the Company’s executive officers. The Company engages Crotty, Bartlett & Kelly for certain legal and consulting services. The aggregate amount paid to Crotty, Bartlett & Kelly by the Company for legal and consulting services totaled approximately $31,000, $31,000 and $39,000 during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

J. Hyatt Brown, one of the Company’s directors, serves as Chairman of Brown & Brown, Inc. (“Brown & Brown”). Brown & Brown has received commissions for serving as the Company’s insurance broker for several of the Company’s insurance policies, including the Company’s property and casualty policy and certain employee benefit programs. The aggregate commissions received by Brown & Brown in connection with the Company’s policies were approximately $487,000, $492,000 and $517,000 during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. In fiscal 2013 and 2014, Brown & Brown paid the Company approximately $122,000 and $100,000, respectively, for the purchase of tickets. The amounts paid for these items were based on actual costs incurred, similar prices paid by unrelated third party purchasers of similar items, or estimated fair market values.

One of the Company’s directors, Christy F. Harris, is Of Counsel to Kinsey, Vincent Pyle, L.C., a law firm that provided legal services to the Company during fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015. The Company paid approximately $114,000, $78,000 and $35,000 for these services in fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, which were charged to the Company on the same basis as those provided other clients.

NOTE 12 — SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Cash paid for income taxes and interest for the years ended November 30, is summarized as follows (in thousands):



	2013		2014		2015
Income taxes paid	$	18,141	$	51,314	$	44,989

Interest paid	$	14,731	$	14,429	$	14,504

NOTE 13 — LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

On November 30, 2015, the Company has two share-based compensation plans, which are described below. Compensation cost included in operating expenses in the accompanying statement of operations for those plans was $2.5 million, $2.8 million, and $2.9 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. The total income tax benefit recognized in the income statement for share-based compensation arrangements was approximately $1.0 million, $1.2 million and $1.2 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

The Company’s 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the “1996 Plan”) authorized the grant of stock options (incentive and nonqualified), stock appreciation rights and restricted stock. The Company reserved an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits and similar capital changes) of the Company’s Class A Common Stock for grants under the 1996 Plan. The 1996 Plan terminated in September 2006. All unvested stock options and restricted stock granted prior to the termination will continue to vest and will continue to be exercisable in accordance with their original terms.

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In April, 2006, the Company’s shareholders’ approved the 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”) which authorizes the grant of stock options (incentive and non-qualified), stock appreciation rights, restricted and unrestricted stock, cash awards and Performance Units (as defined in the 2006 Plan) to employees, consultants and advisors of the Company capable of contributing to the Company’s performance. The Company has reserved an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits and similar capital changes) of the Company’s Class A Common Stock for grants under the 2006 Plan. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees eligible to receive them under the Internal Revenue Code of 1996, as amended. The 2006 Plan approved by the shareholders appoints the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) to administer the 2006 Plan. Awards under the 2006 Plan will contain such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the 2006 Plan as the Committee in its discretion approves. The Committee has discretion to administer the 2006 Plan in the manner which it determines, from time to time, is in the best interest of the Company.

Restricted Stock Awards

Restricted stock awarded under the 1996 Plan and 2006 Plan (collectively the “Plans”) generally is subject to forfeiture in the event of termination of employment prior to vesting dates. Prior to vesting, the Plans participants own the shares and may vote and receive dividends, but are subject to certain restrictions. Restrictions include the prohibition of the sale or transfer of the shares during the period prior to vesting of the shares. The Company also has the right of first refusal to purchase any shares of stock issued under the Plans which are offered for sale subsequent to vesting. In accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation - Stock Compensation” the Company is recognizing stock-based compensation on these restricted shares awarded on the accelerated method over the requisite service period. The fair value of nonvested restricted stock is determined based on the opening trading price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the grant date.

The Company granted 80,514, 91,076 and 89,343 shares of restricted stock awards of the Company’s Class A Common Stock during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, to certain officers, managers, and other employees under the Plans. The shares of restricted stock awarded vest at the rate of 50.0 percent on the third anniversary of the award date and the remaining 50.0 percent on the fifth anniversary of the award date. The weighted average grant date fair value of these restricted stock awards was $32.87, $31.44 and $36.36 per share, respectively.

The Company granted 9,540, 8,118 and 8,190 shares of restricted stock awards of the Company’s Class A Common Stock during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, to non-employee directors as partial compensation for their service as a director. The shares of restricted stock awarded vest at the rate of 100.0 percent on the one year anniversary after the date of grant. The weighted average grant date fair value of these restricted share awards was $31.47, $33.28 and $36.67 per share, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s restricted stock as of November 30, 2015, and changes during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015, is presented as follows:



	Restricted Shares		Weighted- Average Grant- Date Fair Value (Per Share)		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)
Unvested at November 30, 2014	368,980		$	29.68
Granted	97,533		36.39
Vested	(101,934	)	27.84
Forfeited	(4,786	)	28.65
Unvested at November 30, 2015	359,793		32.03		3.5

As of November 30, 2015, there was approximately $5.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock awards granted under the Stock Plans. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.5 years. The total fair value of restricted stock awards vested during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, was approximately $1.3 million, $1.5 million and $3.7 million, respectively.

Nonqualified and Incentive Stock Options

In fiscal 2010 a portion of each non-employee director’s compensation for their service as a director is through awards of options to acquire shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock under the Plans. These options become exercisable one year after the date of grant and expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. The Company also grants options to certain non-officer managers to purchase the Company’s Class A Common Stock under the Plans. These options generally vest over a

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two and one-half year period and expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. The Company records stock-based compensation cost on its stock options awarded on the straight-line method over the requisite service period.

The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing valuation model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on implied volatilities from historical volatility of the Company’s stock and other factors. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercises and employee terminations within the valuation model. Separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. The expected term of options granted is estimated based on historical exercise behavior and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

A summary of option activity under the Stock Plan as of November 30, 2015, and changes during the year then ended is presented as follows:



Options	Shares		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at November 30, 2014	163,048		$	39.82
Expired	(14,097	)	55.73
Exercised	—		—
Forfeited	—		—
Outstanding at November 30, 2015	148,951		38.31		2.6	$	551,172

Vested and Exercisable at November 30, 2015	148,951		$	38.31	2.6	$	551,172

There were no options granted in fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015. There were 13,250 options exercised during fiscal years 2013 and no options exercised during fiscal years 2014 and 2015. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2013, was approximately $102,000. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deductions from exercise of the stock options totaled approximately $40,000 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2013.

As of November 30, 2015, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted under the Stock Plan.

NOTE 14 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

In accordance with the “Financial Instruments” Topic, ASC 825-10 and in accordance with the “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” Topic, ASC 820-10, these topics discuss key considerations in determining fair value in such markets, and expanding disclosures on recurring fair value measurements using unobservable inputs (Level 3), clarification and additional disclosure is required about the use of fair value measurements.

Various inputs are considered when determining the carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities. These items approximate fair value due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:


•	Level 1 — observable market inputs that are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets


•	Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.)


•	Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

At November 30, 2015, the Company had money market funds totaling approximately $63.0 million and are included in cash and cash equivalents in consolidated balance sheets. All inputs used to determine fair value are considered level 1 inputs.

Fair values of long-term debt are based on quoted market prices at the date of measurement. The Company’s credit facilities approximate fair value as they bear interest rates that approximate market. These inputs used to determine fair value are

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considered level 2 inputs. At November 30, 2015, the fair value of the long-term debt, as determined by quotes from financial institutions, was approximately $284.8 million compared to the carrying amount of approximately $268.4 million.

The Company had no level 3 inputs as of November 30, 2015.

NOTE 15 — QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)

The Company derives most of its income from a limited number of NASCAR-sanctioned races. As a result, the Company’s business has been, and is expected to remain, highly seasonal based on the timing of major events.

The following table presents certain unaudited financial data for each quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2015 (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	Fiscal Quarter Ended
	February 28, 2014		May 31, 2014		August 31, 2014			November 30, 2014
Total revenue	$	131,789	$	190,311	$	130,083		$	199,753
Operating income (loss)	22,339		34,739		(3,525		)	39,838
Net income	19,895		21,469		191			25,824
Basic and diluted earnings per share	0.43		0.46		—			0.55



	Fiscal Quarter Ended
	February 28, 2015		May 31, 2015		August 31, 2015			November 30, 2015
Total revenue	$	136,552	$	164,010	$	125,490		$	219,318
Operating income (loss)	21,591		19,217		(7,138		)	51,907
Net income (loss)	14,953		13,355		(3,956		)	32,282
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share	0.32		0.29		(0.08		)	0.69

NOTE 16 — SEGMENT REPORTING

The general nature of the Company’s business is a motorsports themed amusement enterprise, furnishing amusement to the public in the form of motorsports themed entertainment. The Company’s motorsports event operations consist principally of racing events at its major motorsports entertainment facilities. The reporting units within the motorsports segment portfolio are reviewed together as the nature of the products and services, the production processes used, the type or class of customer using our products and services, and the methods used to distribute our products or provide their services are consistent in objectives and principles, and predominately uniform and centralized throughout the Company. The Company’s remaining business units, which are comprised of the radio network production and syndication of numerous racing events and programs, certain souvenir merchandising operations not associated with the promotion of motorsports events at the Company’s facilities, construction management services, leasing operations, and financing and licensing operations are included in the “All Other” segment. The Company evaluates financial performance of the business units on operating profit after allocation of corporate general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. Corporate G&A expenses are allocated to business units based on each business unit’s net revenues to total net revenues.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Intersegment sales are accounted for at prices comparable to unaffiliated customers. Intersegment revenues were approximately $2.4 million, $2.0 million and $2.1 million for the years ended November 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. The following table shows information by operating segment (in thousands):

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	For the Year Ended November 30, 2013
	Motorsports Event		All Other			Total
Revenues	$	589,435	$	25,618		$	615,053
Depreciation and amortization	88,499		5,490			93,989
Operating income (loss)	82,500		(3,808		)	78,692
Equity investments income	—		9,434			9,434
Capital expenditures	81,938		3,601			85,539
Total assets	1,520,069		497,437			2,017,506
Equity investments	—		134,327			134,327



	For the Year Ended November 30, 2014
	Motorsports Event		All Other			Total
Revenues	$	609,973	$	43,981		$	653,954
Depreciation and amortization	84,614		5,738			90,352
Operating income (loss)	99,332		(5,941		)	93,391
Equity investments income	—		8,916			8,916
Capital expenditures	177,318		6,618			183,936
Total assets	1,621,726		455,925			2,077,651
Equity investments	—		122,565			122,565



	For the Year Ended November 30, 2015
	Motorsports Event		All Other			Total
Revenues	$	607,483	$	39,986		$	647,469
Depreciation and amortization	89,823		4,904			94,727
Operating income (loss)	89,395		(3,818		)	85,577
Equity investments income	—		14,060			14,060
Capital expenditures	144,641		10,375			155,016
Total assets	1,682,700		439,499			2,122,199
Equity investments	—		103,249			103,249

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (in thousands)



Description	Balance beginning of period		Additions charged to costs and expenses		Deductions (A)		Balance at end of period
For the year ended November 30, 2013 Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	1,000	$	382	$	382	$	1,000
For the year ended November 30, 2014 Allowance for doubtful accounts	1,000		101		101		1,000
For the year ended November 30, 2015 Allowance for doubtful accounts	1,000		260		260		1,000


(A)	Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on that evaluation, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, subject to limitations as noted below, were effective at November 30, 2015, and during the period prior to and including the date of this report.

Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

January 27, 2016

We, as members of management of International Speedway Corporation, are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect misstatements. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.

We, under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2015, based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on this assessment, we concluded that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2015, based on the specified criteria. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended November 30, 2015, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required by this Item is set forth under the headings “Directors, Nominees, and Officers ” and under the subheading “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) within 120 days after November 30, 2015 in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Company’s 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this Item is set forth under the heading “Executive Compensation” and under the heading “Directors, Nominees and Officers” in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after November 30, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this Item is set forth under the headings “Voting Securities and Principal Holders” and under the heading “Directors, Nominees and Officers” in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after November 30, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this Item is set forth under the heading under the subheading "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation" under the heading "Executive Compensation" and under the subheadings "Directors Holding Office Until 2015 Annual Meeting", "Board Leadership" and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” under the heading “Directors, Nominees and Officers” in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after November 30, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this Item is set forth under the heading "Registered Independent Public Accounting Firm" and subheading “Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures” under the heading “Registered Independent Public Accounting Firm” in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after November 30, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) Documents filed as a part of this report

1. Consolidated Financial Statements listed below:

International Speedway Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets

— November 30, 2014 and 2015

Consolidated Statements of Operations

— Years ended November 30, 2013, 2014, and 2015

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

— Years ended November 30, 2013, 2014, and 2015

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

— Years ended November 30, 2013, 2014, and 2015

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

— Years ended November 30, 2013, 2014, and 2015

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

2. Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules listed below:

II — Valuation and qualifying accounts

All other schedules are omitted since the required information is not present or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the financial statements and notes thereto.

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3. Exhibits:



Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
3.1	—	Articles of Amendment of the Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as filed with the Florida Department of State on July 26, 1999. (3.1)*
3.2	—	Conformed Copy of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended as of July 26, 1999. (3.2)*
3.3	—	Conformed Copy of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company. (3)(ii)**
4.1	—	Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2012, among the Company and purchasers party thereto. (4.2)***
4.2	—	Form of Series 2012A Note due 2024 (included in Exhibit 4.1). (4.2)***
4.3	—	Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2012, among the Company, certain subsidiaries and the lenders party thereto. (10.1)****
4.4	—	Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2011, among the Company and purchasers party thereto. (10.1)*****
4.5	—	Form of Series 2011A Note due 2021 (included in Exhibit 10.1). (10.1)*****
10.1	—	Daytona Property Lease. (10.4)******
10.2	—	1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan. (10.6)******
10.3	—	2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan. (4)*******
10.4	—	Design-Build Agreement. (10.1) ********
21	—	Subsidiaries of the Registrant — filed herewith.
23.1	—	Consent of Ernst &Young LLP — filed herewith.
31.1	—	Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer — filed herewith
31.2	—	Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer — filed herewith.
32	—	Section 1350 Certification — filed herewith.
101.INS	—	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase



*		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s Report on Form 8-K dated July 26, 1999.
**		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2003.
***		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2012.
****		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2012.
*****		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s report on Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2011.
******		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 1998.
*******		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on February 11, 2010.
********		Incorporated by reference to the exhibit shown in parentheses and filed with the Company's Amended Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May 31, 2013.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



	International Speedway Corporation

	By:	/s/ Daniel W. Houser
		Daniel W. Houser
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: January 27, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Lesa France Kennedy	Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)	January 26, 2016
Lesa France Kennedy

/s/ Daniel W. Houser	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)	January 26, 2016
Daniel W. Houser		January 26, 2016

/s/ James C. France
James C. France	Chairman of the Board	January 26, 2016

/s/ Brian Z. France
Brian Z. France	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ Larry Aiello, Jr.
Larry Aiello, Jr.	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ J. Hyatt Brown
J. Hyatt Brown	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ William P. Graves
William P. Graves	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ Christy F. Harris
Christy F. Harris	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ Morteza Hosseini – Kargar
Morteza Hosseini – Kargar	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ Sonia M. Green
Sonia M. Green	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ Larree M. Renda
Larree M. Renda	Director	January 26, 2016

/s/ Larry Woodard
Larry Woodard	Director	January 26, 2016

INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP - FORM 10-K - January 27, 2016

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